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<h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1> |
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<p>rxvtc - control the rxvtd daemon</p> |
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<h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> |
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<p><strong>rxvtc</strong> [same options as for rxvt]</p> |
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<h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> |
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<p>This manpage describes the <strong>rxvtc</strong> client program. It connects |
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to the <strong>rxvtd</strong> daemon and requests a new terminal window. It |
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takes the same arguments as the <strong>rxvt</strong> program. The environment |
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will also be respected. Currently, it always returns immediately after |
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contacting the daemon.</p> |
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<h1><a name="options">OPTIONS</a></h1> |
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<p>All options that are valid for <strong>rxvt</strong> are valid for |
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<strong>rxvtc</strong>, too. Please note that options are interpreted in the |
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context of the daemon process. However, as current working directory, |
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process environment and any file descriptor (e.g. for <code>-pty-fd</code>) are |
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preserved, this rarely makes a difference.</p> |
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<h1><a name="exit_status">EXIT STATUS</a></h1> |
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<p>If everything went well, rxvtc returns with an exit status of <code>0</code>. |
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If contacting the daemon fails, it exits with the exit status <code>2</code>. In all other error |
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cases it returns with status <code>1</code>.</p> |
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<p>This can be used to implement auto-starting behaviour, by checking for an |
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exit status of <code>2</code>, running <code>rxvtd -f -q</code> and retrying the call |
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to rxvtc, like this:</p> |
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#!/bin/sh |
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rxvtc "$@" |
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if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then |
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rxvtd -q -o -f |
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rxvtc "$@" |
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<h1><a name="environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></h1> |
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<p>All environment variables of the current process will be made available |
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to the new instance, and will be interpreted as if <strong>rxvt</strong> were |
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started directly.</p> |
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<dt><strong><a name="item_rxvt_socket"><strong>RXVT_SOCKET</strong></a></strong> |
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<p>Both rxvtc and rxvtd use the environment variable |
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<em>RXVT_SOCKET</em> to create a listening socket and to contact the |
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rxvtd, respectively. If the variable is missing, |
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<em>$HOME/.rxvt-unicode-<em><nodename</em> </em>> >>> is used. The variable must |
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specify the absolute path of the socket to create.</p> |
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<h1><a name="see_also">SEE ALSO</a></h1> |
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<p>rxvt(7), <code>rxvtd(1)</code></p> |
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