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.\"     Title: plymouthd
.\"    Author: Kristian Høgsberg
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.\"      Date: 04/08/2019
.\"    Manual: System Administration
.\"    Source: plymouth
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "PLYMOUTHD" "8" "" "plymouth" "System Administration"
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.SH "NAME"
plymouthd \- The plymouth daemon
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBplymouthd\ \fR\fB[OPTION...]\fR\ 'u
\fBplymouthd \fR\fB[OPTION...]\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
\fBplymouthd\fR
daemon is usually run out of the initrd\&. It does the heavy lifting of the plymouth system, logging the session and showing the splash screen\&.
.PP
The
\fBplymouth\fR
is used to send commands to plymouthd that control its behaviour\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
The following options are understood:
.PP
\fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Show summary of options\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-attach\-to\-session\fR
.RS 4
Redirect console messages from screen to log\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-no\-daemon\fR
.RS 4
Do not daemonize\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-debug\fR
.RS 4
Output debugging information\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-debug\-file=STRING\fR
.RS 4
File to write debugging information to\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-mode=MODE\fR
.RS 4
Set mode to either boot or shutdown\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-pid\-file=STRING\fR
.RS 4
Write the PID of the daemon to a file\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-kernel\-command\-line=STRING\fR
.RS 4
Fake kernel commandline to use\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-tty=STRING\fR
.RS 4
TTY to use instead of default\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBgrub\fR(8),
\fBplymouth\fR(8),
\fBplymouth\fR(1),
\m[blue]\fBhttp://www\&.freedesktop\&.org/wiki/Software/Plymouth\fR\m[]