1 .TH WINESERVER 1 "October 2005" "@PACKAGE_STRING@" "Windows on Unix"
3 wineserver \- the Wine server
9 is a daemon process that provides to Wine roughly the same services
10 that the Windows kernel provides on Windows.
13 is normally launched automatically when starting \fBwine\fR(1), so you
14 shouldn't have to worry about it. In some cases however, it can be
15 useful to start \fBwineserver\fR explicitly with different options, as
19 \fB\-d\fR[\fIn\fR], \fB--debug\fR[\fB=\fIn\fR]
20 Set the debug level to
22 0 means no debugging information, 1 is the normal level, and 2 is for
23 extra verbose debugging. If
25 is not specified, the default is 1. The debug output will be sent to
26 stderr. \fBwine\fR(1) will automatically enable normal level debugging
27 when starting \fBwineserver\fR if the +server option is set in the
28 \fBWINEDEBUG\fR variable.
30 .BR \-f ", " --foreground
31 Make the server remain in the foreground for easier debugging, for
32 instance when running it under a debugger.
35 Display a help message.
37 \fB\-k\fR[\fIn\fR], \fB--kill\fR[\fB=\fIn\fR]
38 Kill the currently running
40 optionally by sending signal \fIn\fR. If no signal is specified, sends
41 a \fBSIGINT\fR first and then a \fBSIGKILL\fR. The instance of \fBwineserver\fR
42 that is killed is selected based on the \fBWINEPREFIX\fR environment
45 \fB\-p\fR[\fIn\fR], \fB--persistent\fR[\fB=\fIn\fR]
46 Specify the \fBwineserver\fR persistence delay, i.e. the amount of
47 time that the server will keep running when all client processes have
48 terminated. This avoids the cost of shutting down and starting again
49 when programs are launched in quick succession. The timeout \fIn\fR is
50 in seconds, the default value is 3 seconds. If \fIn\fR is not
51 specified, the server stays around forever.
53 .BR \-v ", " --version
54 Display version information and exit.
57 Wait until the currently running
63 If set, the content of this variable is taken as the name of the directory where
65 stores its data (the default is \fI$HOME/.wine\fR). All
67 processes using the same
69 (i.e.: same user) share certain things like registry, shared memory
73 to different values for different Wine processes, it is possible to
74 run a number of truly independent Wine sessions.
77 Specifies the path and name of the
79 binary that will be launched automatically by \fBwine\fR. If not set,
80 \fBwine\fR will try to load
81 .IR @bindir@/wineserver ,
82 and if this doesn't exist it will then look for a file named
83 \fIwineserver\fR in the path and in a few other likely locations.
87 Directory containing user specific data managed by
91 Directory containing the server Unix socket and the lock
92 file. These files are created in a subdirectory generated from the
93 \fBWINEPREFIX\fR directory device and inode numbers.
95 The original author of
97 is Alexandre Julliard. Many other people have contributed new features
98 and bug fixes. For a complete list, see the git commit logs.
100 Bugs can be reported on the
101 .UR http://bugs.winehq.org
106 is part of the Wine distribution, which is available through WineHQ,
108 .UR http://www.winehq.org/
109 .B Wine development headquarters
114 .UR http://www.winehq.org/help
115 .B Wine documentation and support