Tribblix: manual page: urxvtc.1

urxvt(1) RXVT-UNICODE urxvt(1)

NAME

urxvtc - control the urxvtd daemon

SYNOPSIS

urxvtc [same options as for urxvt]

DESCRIPTION

This manpage describes the urxvtc client program. It connects to the
urxvtd daemon and requests a new terminal window. It takes the same
arguments as the urxvt program. The environment will also be
respected. Currently, it always returns immediately after contacting
the daemon.

OPTIONS

If the first option is -k, urxvtc tries to kill the daemon process
and returns.

All options that are valid for urxvt are valid for urxvtc, too.
Please note that options are interpreted in the context of the daemon
process. However, as current working directory, process environment
and any file descriptor (e.g. for "-pty-fd") are preserved, this
rarely makes a difference.

EXIT STATUS

If everything went well, urxvtc returns with an exit status of 0. If
contacting the daemon fails, it exits with the exit status 2. In all
other error cases it returns with status 1.

This can be used to implement auto-starting behaviour, by checking
for an exit status of 2, running "urxvtd -f -q" and retrying the call
to urxvtc, like this:

#!/bin/sh
urxvtc "$@"
if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
urxvtd -q -o -f
urxvtc "$@"
fi

ENVIRONMENT