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systemd-xdg-autostart-generator: User unit generator for XDG autostart files

NAME

systemd-xdg-autostart-generator - User unit generator for XDG autostart files

SYNOPSIS

/usr/lib/systemd/user-generators/systemd-xdg-autostart-generator

DESCRIPTION

systemd-xdg-autostart-generator is a generator that creates .service units for m[blue]XDG autostartm[][1] files. This permits desktop environments to delegate startup of these applications to systemd(1) .

Units created by systemd-xdg-autostart-generator can be started by the desktop environment using "xdg-desktop-autostart.target". See systemd.special(7) for more details.

systemd-xdg-autostart-generator implements systemd.generator(7).

NOTES

1.
XDG autostart
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-latest.html