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.TH "SYSTEMD\-XDG\-AUTOSTART\-GENERATOR" "8" "" "systemd 259.7" "systemd-xdg-autostart-generator"
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.SH "NAME"
systemd-xdg-autostart-generator \- User unit generator for XDG autostart files
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
/usr/lib/systemd/user\-generators/systemd\-xdg\-autostart\-generator
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
systemd\-xdg\-autostart\-generator
is a generator that creates \&.service units for
\m[blue]\fBXDG autostart\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2
files\&. This permits desktop environments to delegate startup of these applications to
\fBsystemd\fR(1)
\&.
.PP
Units created by
systemd\-xdg\-autostart\-generator
can be started by the desktop environment using
"xdg\-desktop\-autostart\&.target"\&. See
\fBsystemd.special\fR(7)
for more details\&.
.PP
XDG autostart may be conditionalized using both standardized and non\-standardized keys\&. In order to handle these, the generator may create one or more
\fIExecCondition=\fR
entries\&. For non\-standardized keys, well\-known helper binaries provided by Desktop Environments are used\&. All external helpers
\fImust\fR
detect their corresponding desktop environment and
\fImust\fR
return success when run in a different environment\&. This is important as all
\fIExecCondition=\fR
directives must succeed for an application to be started\&.
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.B Table\ \&1.\ \& Special XDG desktop file entries that are processed
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\fIHidden=\fR, \fIX\-systemd\-skip=\fR
T}:T{
No service will be generated if set to true
T}
T{
\fIOnlyShowIn=\fR, \fINotShowIn=\fR
T}:T{
\fIExecCondition=\fR using systemd\-xdg\-autostart\-condition
T}
T{
\fITryExec=\fR
T}:T{
No service will be generated if the binary does not exist or cannot be executed
T}
T{
\fIAutostartCondition=\fR (GNOME extension)
T}:T{
\fIExecCondition=\fR using gnome\-systemd\-autostart\-condition
T}
T{
\fIX\-GNOME\-Autostart\-Phase=\fR
T}:T{
No service will be generated if set to any value
T}
T{
\fIX\-KDE\-autostart\-condition=\fR
T}:T{
\fIExecCondition=\fR using kde\-systemd\-start\-condition
T}
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.PP
systemd\-xdg\-autostart\-generator
implements
\fBsystemd.generator\fR(7)\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBsystemd\fR(1), \fBsystemd.service\fR(5), \fBsystemd.target\fR(5)
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
XDG autostart
.RS 4
\%https://specifications.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-latest.html
.RE
