systemd-xdg-autostart-generator — User unit generator for XDG autostart files
/usr/lib/systemd/user-generators/systemd-xdg-autostart-generator
systemd-xdg-autostart-generator is a generator
that creates .service units for
XDG autostart
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.
XDG autostart may be conditionalized using both standardized and non-standardized keys.
In order to handle these, the generator may create one or more ExecCondition= entries.
For non-standardized keys, well-known helper binaries provided by Desktop Environments are used.
All external helpers must detect their corresponding desktop environment and
must return success when run in a different environment.
This is important as all ExecCondition= directives must succeed for an application to be started.
Table 1. Special XDG desktop file entries that are processed
| Entry | Handling |
|---|---|
Hidden=, X-systemd-skip= | No service will be generated if set to true |
OnlyShowIn=, NotShowIn= | ExecCondition= using systemd-xdg-autostart-condition |
TryExec= | No service will be generated if the binary does not exist or cannot be executed |
AutostartCondition= (GNOME extension) | ExecCondition= using gnome-systemd-autostart-condition |
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase= | No service will be generated if set to any value |
X-KDE-autostart-condition= | ExecCondition= using kde-systemd-start-condition |
systemd-xdg-autostart-generator implements
systemd.generator(7).