NAME
ivman-launch - launch script for Ivman
SYNOPSIS
ivman-launch [ --exit-with-session <cmd> ] [ OPTIONS ] [ COMMAND [
ARGS... ]]
DESCRIPTION
ivman-launch is a simple script used to launch Ivman. Its sole purpose
is to ensure Ivman is closed at the end of a user’s login session. You
can use it if your session manager does not properly close Ivman when
you log out.
ivman-launch supports the same command-line options as Ivman, and one
additional option: --exit-with-session. Thus, there is no point using
ivman-launch if you do not need to use this option.
If you supply a COMMAND (with optional ARGS), the the specified command
will be run after ivman is started, and ivman will be killed after that
command exits.
OPTIONS
--exit-with-session <cmd>
ivman-launch will block until the command ’cmd’ terminates, at
which point it will kill Ivman and exit itself. If the command
’cmd’ is not running when ivman-launch is started, Ivman will
exit immediately. Note that this option implies Ivman will be
called with the ’--nofork’ option. option.
--debug --nofork --system
These flags be passed to the launched ivman command.
EXAMPLES
ivman-launch --exit-with-session xinit &
The ivman process will be started, then the xinit process is
watched. When the xinit process exits, ivman is killed.
Placing this command in an ~/.xinitrc file would cause Ivman to
launch in the background when your session begins, and exit when
your session ends:
ivman-launch /usr/bin/x-window-manager
The ivman process is launched, then /usr/bin/x-window-manager is
run, when x-window-manager exits, ivman is killed. This is an
example of how ivman might be launched from Xsession in order to
chain several programs together in one session.
SEE ALSO
ivman(8) Xsession(5)
CREDITS
This script was written by Daniele Favara.
10 February 2006