1IREXEC(1)                             FSF                            IREXEC(1)
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NAME

6       irexec - run programs with one button press
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SYNOPSIS

9       irexec [options] [config_file]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  program  lets  you  execute  arbitrary  commands  on an IR signal
13       decoded by lircd, the LIRC daemon. You can give irexec a  command  line
14       parameter  which has to be a name of a valid config file. If no command
15       line parameters are given irexec reads the default config file which is
16       usually ~/.lircrc.
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18       If  irexec  executes  a  program it will wait until this program termi‐
19       nates.  So append a '&' to the command string if you don't want that.
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21       The config string consists of the command to be run.
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23       -h --help
24              display usage summary
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26       -v --version
27              display version
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29       -d --daemon
30              run in background
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32       -n --name
33              use this program name
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OPTIONS

36       If you add the --daemon option irexec will fork to background. That way
37       you  can  easily  start  irexec  from  an init script. In this case you
38       should specify a config file on the command line  as  irexec  won't  be
39       able  to find your home directory. Potential uses are shutting down the
40       computer, starting a dial-up connection etc.
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NOTE

43       If you start irexec, it reads your ~/.lircrc and reacts only  on  prog=
44       entries  that  point to irexec. If you have included more than one pro‐
45       gram in your .lircrc, then start all these programs, they react  itself
46       only to their according entries in .lircrc.
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SEE ALSO

49       The  documentation  for  lirc  is  maintained  as  html pages. They are
50       located under html/ in the documentation directory.
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54irexec 0.8.2                       June 2007                         IREXEC(1)