xdg-autostart(1)

xdg-autostart1

Auto start programs as specified by freedesktop.org

Usage

xdg-autostart [desktop-environment]

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the xdg-autostart command.

xdg-autostart is a helper that runs the programs defined in /etc/xdg/autostart/ and ~/.config/autostart (see FreeDesktop specification for autostarted programs).

Add it to your ~/.openbox/autostart file and manage your session with lxsession-edit or other.

your computer or restart it from a simple command line.

Options

This program can be given the following parameter:

desktop-environment Sets your desktop name (e.g. KDE, XFCE, ROX...). Please refer to this table: http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apb.html to get the name of desktops currently supported by the Freedesktop specification.

By default, xdg-autostart uses Openbox as desktop name.

Releases

Unchanged in 6 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie).

  1. 8–13

From obsession 20140608-2+b3 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.