| .\" -*- nroff -*- |
| .TH WINESERVER 1 "October 2005" "@PACKAGE_STRING@" "Windows on Unix" |
| .SH NAME |
| wineserver \- the Wine server |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .BI wineserver\ [options] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B wineserver |
| is a daemon process that provides to Wine roughly the same services |
| that the Windows kernel provides on Windows. |
| .PP |
| .B wineserver |
| is normally launched automatically when starting \fBwine(1)\fR, so you |
| shouldn't have to worry about it. In some cases however, it can be |
| useful to start \fBwineserver\fR explicitly with different options, as |
| explained below. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .BI \-d [n] |
| Set the debug level to |
| .I n. |
| 0 means no debugging information, 1 is the normal level, and 2 is for |
| extra verbose debugging. If |
| .I n |
| is not specified, the default is 1. The debug output will be sent to |
| stderr. \fBwine(1)\fR will automatically set the debug level when |
| starting \fBwineserver\fR if the +server option is set in the |
| WINEDEBUG variable. |
| .TP |
| .B \-f |
| Make the server remain in the foreground for easier debugging, for |
| instance when running it under a debugger. |
| .TP |
| .B \-h |
| Display a help message. |
| .TP |
| .BI \-k [n] |
| Kill the currently running |
| .B wineserver, |
| optionally by sending signal \fIn\fR. If no signal is specified, sends |
| a SIGINT first and then a SIGKILL. The instance of \fBwineserver\fR |
| that is killed is selected based on the WINEPREFIX environment |
| variable. |
| .TP |
| .BI \-p [n] |
| Specify the \fBwineserver\fR persistence delay, i.e. the amount of |
| time that the server will keep running when all client processes have |
| terminated. This avoids the cost of shutting down and starting again |
| when programs are launched in quick succession. The timeout \fIn\fR is |
| in seconds, the default value is 3 seconds. If \fIn\fR is not |
| specified, the server stays around forever. |
| .TP |
| .B \-v |
| Display version information and exit. |
| .TP |
| .B \-w |
| Wait until the currently running |
| .B wineserver |
| terminates. |
| .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES |
| .TP |
| .I WINEPREFIX |
| If set, the content of this variable is taken as the name of the directory where |
| .B wineserver |
| stores its data (the default is \fI$HOME/.wine\fR). All |
| .B wine |
| processes using the same |
| .B wineserver |
| (i.e.: same user) share certain things like registry, shared memory |
| and kernel objects. |
| By setting |
| .I WINEPREFIX |
| to different values for different Wine processes, it is possible to |
| run a number of truly independent Wine sessions. |
| .TP |
| .I WINESERVER |
| Specifies the path and name of the |
| .B wineserver |
| binary that will be launched automatically by \fBwine\fR. If not set, |
| \fBwine\fR will try to load |
| .I @bindir@/wineserver, |
| and if this doesn't exist it will then look for a file named |
| \fIwineserver\fR in the path and in a few other likely locations. |
| .SH FILES |
| .TP |
| .B ~/.wine |
| Directory containing user specific data managed by |
| .B wine. |
| .TP |
| .BI /tmp/.wine- uid |
| The directory containing the server Unix socket and the lock |
| file. These files are created in a subdirectory generated from the |
| WINEPREFIX directory device and inode numbers. |
| .SH AUTHORS |
| The original author of |
| .B wineserver |
| is Alexandre Julliard. Many other people have contributed new features |
| and bug fixes. Please check the file Changelog in the Wine |
| distribution for the complete details. |
| .SH BUGS |
| If you find a bug, please submit a bug report at |
| .UR http://bugs.winehq.org |
| .B http://bugs.winehq.org. |
| .UE |
| .SH AVAILABILITY |
| .B wineserver |
| is part of the Wine distribution, which is available through WineHQ, |
| the Wine development headquarters, at |
| .UR http://www.winehq.org/ |
| .B http://www.winehq.org/. |
| .UE |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR wine (1). |
