urxvt(1) RXVT-UNICODE urxvt(1)NAMEurxvtc - control the urxvtd daemon
SYNOPSISurxvtc [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
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
All environment variables of the current process will be made available
to the new instance, and will be interpreted as if urxvt were started
directly.
RXVT_SOCKET
Both urxvtc and urxvtd use the environment variable RXVT_SOCKET to
create a listening socket and to contact the urxvtd, respectively.
If the variable is missing, $HOME/.urxvt/urxvtd-<nodename> is used.
The variable must specify the absolute path of the socket to
create.
SEE ALSOurxvt(7), urxvtd(1)9.15 2012-06-29 urxvt(1)
