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NAME
       wineserver - the Wine server

SYNOPSIS
       wineserver [options]

DESCRIPTION
       wineserver is a daemon process that provides to Wine roughly the same
       services that the Windows kernel provides on Windows.

       wineserver is normally launched automatically when starting wine(1), so
       you shouldn't have to worry about it. In some cases however, it can be
       useful to start wineserver explicitly with different options, as
       explained below.

OPTIONS
       -d[n], --debug[=n]
              Set the debug level to n.  0 means no debugging information, 1
              is the normal level, and 2 is for extra verbose debugging. If n
              is not specified, the default is 1. The debug output will be
              sent to stderr. wine(1) will automatically enable normal level
              debugging when starting wineserver if the +server option is set
              in the WINEDEBUG variable.

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

       -h, --help
              Display a help message.

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

       -p[n], --persistent[=n]
              Specify the wineserver 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 n is in seconds, the default value is 3 seconds. If
              n is not specified, the server stays around forever.

       -v, --version
              Display version information and exit.

       -w, --wait
              Wait until the currently running wineserver terminates.

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

FILES
       ~/.wine
              Directory containing user specific data managed by wine.

       /tmp/.wine-uid
              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 wineserver is Alexandre Julliard. Many other
       people have contributed new features and bug fixes. For a complete
       list, see the git commit logs.

BUGS
       Bugs can be reported on the Wine bug tracker <https://bugs.winehq.org>.

AVAILABILITY
       wineserver is part of the Wine distribution, which is available through
       WineHQ, the Wine development headquarters <https://www.winehq.org/>.

SEE ALSO
       wine(1),
       Wine documentation and support <https://www.winehq.org/help>.

Wine 9.7                         October 2005                    WINESERVER(1)