2 .TH WINESERVER 1 "October 2005" "@PACKAGE_STRING@" "Windows on Unix"
4 wineserver \- the Wine server
6 .BI wineserver\ [options]
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(1)\fR, 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 .BI \-d [n] ,\ --debug [=n]
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(1)\fR will automatically set the debug level when
27 starting \fBwineserver\fR if the +server option is set in the
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 .BI \-k [n] ,\ --kill [=n]
38 Kill the currently running
40 optionally by sending signal \fIn\fR. If no signal is specified, sends
41 a SIGINT first and then a SIGKILL. The instance of \fBwineserver\fR
42 that is killed is selected based on the WINEPREFIX environment
45 .BI \-p [n] ,\ --persistent [=n]
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.
54 Display version information and exit.
57 Wait until the currently running
60 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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 .I @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 The directory containing the server Unix socket and the lock
92 file. These files are created in a subdirectory generated from the
93 WINEPREFIX 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. Please check the file Changelog in the Wine
99 distribution for the complete details.
101 If you find a bug, please submit a bug report at
102 .UR http://bugs.winehq.org
103 .B http://bugs.winehq.org.
107 is part of the Wine distribution, which is available through WineHQ,
108 the Wine development headquarters, at
109 .UR http://www.winehq.org/
110 .B http://www.winehq.org/.