SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

         is  a daemon process that provides to Wine roughly the same
       services that the Windows kernel provides on Windows.
        is normally launched automatically when starting , so
       you  shouldn't have to worry about it. In some cases however, it can be
       useful to  start    explicitly  with  different  options,  as
       explained below.

OPTIONS

              Set  the  debug level to   0 means no debugging information, 1
              is the normal level, and 2 is for extra verbose debugging. If
              is  not  specified,  the  default is 1. The debug output will be
              sent to stderr.  will automatically set the  debug  level
              when  starting    if  the +server option is set in the
              WINEDEBUG variable.

              Make the server remain in the foreground for  easier  debugging,
              for instance when running it under a debugger.

              Display a help message.

              Kill  the  currently  running   optionally by sending
              signal . If no signal is specified, sends a  SIGINT  first  and
              then  a  SIGKILL.   The instance of  that is killed is
              selected based on the WINEPREFIX environment variable.

              Specify the  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  is in seconds, the default value is 3 seconds.  If
               is not specified, the server stays around forever.

              Display version information and exit.

              Wait until the currently running  terminates.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

              If set, the content of this variable is taken as the name of the
              directory where   stores  its  data  (the  default  is
              ).  All    processes  using  the  same
              (i.e.: same user) share certain  things  like  registry,  shared
              memory  and  kernel objects.  By setting  to different
              values for different Wine processes, it is  possible  to  run  a
              number of truly independent Wine sessions.

              Specifies  the  path and name of the  binary that will
              be launched automatically by . If not set,  will try  to
              load    and  if  this doesn't exist it
              will then look for a file named  in the path and in  a
              few other likely locations.

FILES

              Directory containing user specific data managed by

              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.

AUTHORS

       The  original  author  of   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.

BUGS

       If    you    find    a   bug,   please   submit   a   bug   report   at

AVAILABILITY

        is part of the Wine distribution, which is available through
       WineHQ, the Wine development headquarters, at

SEE ALSO

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Wine 1.1.9                       October 2005