When I need to know about command-line options or environment variables that are not documented or for commands for which documentation is not available or at hand, I do something like this:
% strings /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin.exe |egrep -e "-rootless"
-rootless
EXPERIMENTAL: Run the server in pseudo-rootless mode.
-rootless
Here it appears both the strings from the argument processing code and the usage message are found. This, then, suggests that there is a help message available. This command:
% strings /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin.exe |egrep -e "^-"
produces 123 lines, including this one:
-help prints message with these options
(Note that this particular program does not abide by the POSIX conventions stipulating the use of two hyphens for multiple-character option names.)
However, you may be surprised at the result of invoking "XWin -help", which is to say you'll see no output (nor will the X server start up). The help output _is_ produced, but it goes into "/tmp/XWin.log" (!)
I hope that helps, especially by adding to your repertoire of self-help techniques.
Randall Schulz
At 06:42 2002-12-19, Mart�n De Marchi wrote:
Is -rootless a XWin.exe parameter? Thanks.
