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XKILL(1)							      XKILL(1)

NAME
       xkill - kill a client by its X resource

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

DESCRIPTION
       Xkill is a utility for forcing the X server  to	close  connections  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 display 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.

OPTIONS
       -display displayname
	       This option specifies the name of the X server to contact.

       -id resource
	       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.

       -button number
	       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 left‐
	       most button) is used.

       -all    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.

       -frame  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.

CAVEATS
       This command does not provide any warranty that the  application	 whose
       connection  to  the X server is closed will abort nicely, or even abort
       at all. All this command does is to  close  the	connection  to	the  X
       server.	Many  existing applications do indeed abort when their connec‐
       tion to the X server is closed, but some can choose to continue.

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

SEE ALSO
       X(7),  xwininfo(1), XKillClient and XGetPointerMapping in the Xlib Pro‐
       grammers Manual, KillClient in the X Protocol Specification

AUTHOR
       Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium
       Dana Chee, Bellcore

X Version 11			  xkill 1.0.1			      XKILL(1)

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