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xkill(1X)							     xkill(1X)

NAME
       xkill - kill a client by its X resource

SYNOPSIS
       xkill  [-display	 displayname] [-id resource] [-button number] [-frame]
       [-all]

OPTIONS
       This option specifies the name of the X server to contact.  This option
       specifies  the  X  identifier  for  the resource whose creator is to be
       aborted.	 If no resource is specified, xkill  will  display  a  special
       cursor  with  which you should select a window to be kill.  This option
       specifies the number of pointer button that should be used in selecting
       a  window  to  kill.  If the word "any" is specified, any button on the
       pointer may be used.  By default, the first button in the  pointer  map
       (which  is usually the leftmost button) is used.	 This option indicates
       that all clients with top-level windows on the screen should be killed.
       xkill will ask you to select the root window with each of the currently
       defined buttons to give you several  chances  to	 abort.	 Use  of  this
       option  is highly discouraged.  This option indicates that xkill should
       ignore the standard conventions for finding  top-level  client  windows
       (which are typically nested inside a window manager window), and simply
       believe that you want to kill direct children of the root.

DESCRIPTION
       The xkill command is a utility for forcing the X server to  close  con‐
       nections to clients.  This program is very dangerous, but is useful for
       aborting programs that have displayed undesired	windows	 on  a	user's
       screen.	 If  no resource identifier is given with -id, xkill will dis‐
       play a special cursor as a prompt for the user to select a window to be
       killed.	 If  a	pointer	 button is pressed over a non-root window, the
       server will close its connection to the client that created the window.

XDEFAULTS
       Specifies a specific pointer button number or the  word	"any"  to  use
       when selecting windows.

SEE ALSO
       X(1X),  xwininfo(1X),  XKillClient  and	XGetPointerMapping in the Xlib
       Programmers Manual, KillClient in the X Protocol Specification

AUTHOR
       Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium
       Dana Chee, Bellcore

								     xkill(1X)

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