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 0 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.

       WINESERVER
              Specifies  the path and name of the wineserver binary that will be launched automatically by wine.
              If not set, wine will try to load /usr/lib/wine-development/wineserver, and if this doesn't  exist
              it will then look for a file named wineserver in the path and in a few other likely locations.

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⟩.