1urxvt(1)                         RXVT-UNICODE                         urxvt(1)
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NAME

6       urxvtd - urxvt terminal daemon
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SYNOPSIS

9       urxvtd [-q⎪--quiet] [-o⎪--opendisplay] [-f⎪--fork]
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11       urxvtd -q -o -f    # for .xsession use
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DESCRIPTION

14       This manpage describes the urxvtd daemon, which is the same vt102 ter‐
15       minal emulator as urxvt, but runs as a daemon that can open multiple
16       terminal windows within the same process.
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18       You can run it from your X startup scripts, for example, although it is
19       not dependent on a working DISPLAY and, in fact, can open windows on
20       multiple X displays on the same time.
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22       Advantages of running a urxvt daemon include faster creation time for
23       terminal windows and a lot of saved memory.
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25       The disadvantage is a possible impact on stability - if the main pro‐
26       gram crashes, all processes in the terminal windows are terminated. For
27       example, as there is no way to cleanly react to abnormal connection
28       closes, "xkill" and server resets/restarts will kill the urxvtd
29       instance including all windows it has opened.
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OPTIONS

32       urxvtd currently understands a few options only. Bundling of options is
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35       -q, --quiet
36           Normally, urxvtd outputs the message "rxvt-unicode daemon listening
37           on <path>" after binding to its control socket. This option will
38           suppress this message (errors and warnings will still be logged).
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40       -o, --opendisplay
41           This forces urxvtd to open a connection to the current $DISPLAY and
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44           This is useful if you want to bind an instance of urxvtd to the
45           lifetime of a specific display/server. If the server does a reset,
46           urxvtd will be killed automatically.
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48       -f, --fork
49           This makes urxvtd fork after it has bound itself to its control
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EXAMPLES

53       This is a useful invocation of urxvtd in a .xsession-style script:
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57       This waits till the control socket is available, opens the current dis‐
58       play and forks into the background. When you log-out, the server is
59       reset and urxvtd is killed.
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ENVIRONMENT

62       RXVT_SOCKET
63           Both urxvtc and urxvtd use the environment variable RXVT_SOCKET to
64           create a listening socket and to contact the urxvtd, respectively.
65           If the variable is missing, $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-<nodename> is used.
66           The variable must specify the absolute path of the socket to cre‐
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69       DISPLAY
70           Only used when the "--opendisplay" option is specified. Must con‐
71           tain a valid X display name.
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SEE ALSO

74       urxvt(7), urxvtc(1)
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