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urxvt(1)                         RXVT-UNICODE                         urxvt(1)

NAME
       urxvtc - control the urxvtd daemon

SYNOPSIS
       urxvtc [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
       If the first option is -k, urxvtc tries to kill the daemon process and
       returns.

       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 ALSO
       urxvt(7), urxvtd(1)

9.22                              2016-01-23                          urxvt(1)