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icewm-shutdown - icewm shutdown configuration file
$ICEWM_PRIVCFG/shutdown
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/shutdown
$HOME/.icewm/shutdown
/etc/icewm/shutdown
/usr/share/icewm/shutdown
Contains commands to be executed on icewm shutdown. This is an
executable script with commands to be executed in the last stage of
icewm termination. Typically they may undo some of the effects of
the startup script. It is run by icewm-session(1) when icewm
terminates.
Locations for the shutdown file are as follows:
$ICEWM_PRIVCFG/shutdown
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/shutdown
$HOME/.icewm/shutdown
/etc/icewm/shutdown
/usr/share/icewm/shutdown
The locations are searched in the order listed; the first file found
is read and the remainder ignored.
icewm-session(1), icewm-startup(5).
Brian Bidulock <mailto:bidulock@openss7.org>.
IceWM is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License. See
the COPYING file in the distribution.
icewm 3.9.0 2025-08-31 ICEWM-SHUTDOWN(5)
NAME
icewm-shutdown - icewm shutdown configuration file
SYNOPSIS
$ICEWM_PRIVCFG/shutdown
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/shutdown
$HOME/.icewm/shutdown
/etc/icewm/shutdown
/usr/share/icewm/shutdown
DESCRIPTION
Contains commands to be executed on icewm shutdown. This is an
executable script with commands to be executed in the last stage of
icewm termination. Typically they may undo some of the effects of
the startup script. It is run by icewm-session(1) when icewm
terminates.
FILES
Locations for the shutdown file are as follows:
$ICEWM_PRIVCFG/shutdown
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/shutdown
$HOME/.icewm/shutdown
/etc/icewm/shutdown
/usr/share/icewm/shutdown
The locations are searched in the order listed; the first file found
is read and the remainder ignored.
SEE ALSO
icewm-session(1), icewm-startup(5).
AUTHOR
Brian Bidulock <mailto:bidulock@openss7.org>.
LICENSE
IceWM is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License. See
the COPYING file in the distribution.
icewm 3.9.0 2025-08-31 ICEWM-SHUTDOWN(5)