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NAME

6       wineserver - the Wine server
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SYNOPSIS

9       wineserver [options]
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DESCRIPTION

12       wineserver  is  a daemon process that provides to Wine roughly the same
13       services that the Windows kernel provides on Windows.
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15       wineserver is normally launched automatically when starting wine(1), so
16       you  shouldn't have to worry about it. In some cases however, it can be
17       useful to start wineserver explicitly with different  options,  as  ex‐
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OPTIONS

21       -d[n], --debug[=n]
22              Set  the  debug level to n.  0 means no debugging information, 1
23              is the normal level, and 2 is for extra verbose debugging. If  n
24              is  not  specified,  the  default is 1. The debug output will be
25              sent to stderr. wine(1) will automatically enable  normal  level
26              debugging  when starting wineserver if the +server option is set
27              in the WINEDEBUG variable.
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29       -f, --foreground
30              Make the server remain in the foreground for  easier  debugging,
31              for instance when running it under a debugger.
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33       -h, --help
34              Display a help message.
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36       -k[n], --kill[=n]
37              Kill  the  currently  running  wineserver, optionally by sending
38              signal n. If no signal is specified, sends a  SIGINT  first  and
39              then  a  SIGKILL.   The instance of wineserver that is killed is
40              selected based on the WINEPREFIX environment variable.
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42       -p[n], --persistent[=n]
43              Specify the wineserver persistence delay,  i.e.  the  amount  of
44              time that the server will keep running when all client processes
45              have terminated. This avoids  the  cost  of  shutting  down  and
46              starting  again  when programs are launched in quick succession.
47              The timeout n is in seconds, the default value is 3 seconds.  If
48              n is not specified, the server stays around forever.
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50       -v, --version
51              Display version information and exit.
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53       -w, --wait
54              Wait until the currently running wineserver terminates.
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ENVIRONMENT

57       WINEPREFIX
58              If set, the content of this variable is taken as the name of the
59              directory where wineserver  stores  its  data  (the  default  is
60              $HOME/.wine).  All  wine  processes  using  the  same wineserver
61              (i.e.: same user) share certain  things  like  registry,  shared
62              memory  and  kernel objects.  By setting WINEPREFIX to different
63              values for different Wine processes, it is  possible  to  run  a
64              number of truly independent Wine sessions.
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66       WINESERVER
67              Specifies  the  path and name of the wineserver binary that will
68              be launched automatically by wine. If not set, wine will try  to
69              load /usr/bin/wineserver, and if this doesn't exist it will then
70              look for a file named wineserver in the path and in a few  other
71              likely locations.
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FILES

74       ~/.wine
75              Directory containing user specific data managed by wine.
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77       /tmp/.wine-uid
78              Directory  containing  the server Unix socket and the lock file.
79              These files are created in a  subdirectory  generated  from  the
80              WINEPREFIX directory device and inode numbers.
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AUTHORS

83       The  original  author  of  wineserver is Alexandre Julliard. Many other
84       people have contributed new features and  bug  fixes.  For  a  complete
85       list, see the git commit logs.
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BUGS

88       Bugs can be reported on the Wine bug tracker https://bugs.winehq.org⟩.
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AVAILABILITY

91       wineserver is part of the Wine distribution, which is available through
92       WineHQ, the Wine development headquarters https://www.winehq.org/⟩.
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SEE ALSO

95       wine(1),
96       Wine documentation and support https://www.winehq.org/help⟩.
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100Wine 7.12                        October 2005                    WINESERVER(1)
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