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 dae-
       mon.

OPTIONS

       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/.rxvt-unicode-<nodename> is used.	The variable must specify the absolute path of the socket to cre-
	   ate.

SEE ALSO

       urxvt(7), urxvtd(1)

8.8								    2007-12-15								  urxvt(1)