gnome-screensaver-command

gnome-screensaver-command [OPTION...]

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

--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

gnome-screensaver-command is written by William Jon McCann <mccann@jhu.edu>.

This manual page was written by Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se>.

gnome-screensaver(1)