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cinnamon-screensaver-command(1) General Commands Manual cinnamon-screensaver-command(1)

NAME

cinnamon-screensaver-command - controls Cinnamon screensaver

SYNOPSIS

cinnamon-screensaver-command [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION

cinnamon-screensaver-command is a tool for controlling an already running instance of cinnamon-screensaver.

OPTIONS

--exit
Causes the screensaver to exit gracefully
-q, --query
Query the state of the screensaver
-t, --time
Query the length of time the screensaver has been active
-l, --lock
Tells the running screensaver process to lock the screen immediately
-a, --activate
Turn the screensaver on (blank the screen)
-d, --deactivate
If the screensaver is active then deactivate it (un-blank the screen)
-V, --version
Version of this application

AUTHORS

cinnamon-screensaver-command is written by William Jon McCann <mccann@jhu.edu>.
This manual page was written by Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se>.

SEE ALSO

cinnamon-screensaver(1)
2007-09-27 CINNAMON