1 .TH XScreenSaver 1 "20-Mar-2005 (4.21)" "X Version 11"
3 xscreensaver-getimage-file - put a randomly-selected image on the root window
5 .B xscreensaver-getimage-file
6 [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP]
12 The \fIxscreensaver\-getimage\-file\fP program is a helper program
13 for the xscreensaver hacks that manipulate images. Specifically, it
15 .BR xscreensaver\-getimage (1)
16 as needed. This is not a user-level command.
18 This program selects a random image from disk, and loads it on the root
19 window. It does this by figuring out which image-loading programs are
20 installed on the system, and invoking the first one it finds.
22 .I xscreensaver-getimage-file
23 accepts the following options:
29 Don't load an image: instead just print the file name to stdout.
32 If a directory is specified, it will be searched recursively for
33 images. Any images found will eligible for display. For efficiency,
34 the contents of the directory are cached for a few hours before it
37 If a URL is specified, it should be the URL of an RSS or Atom feed
38 containing images. The first time it is accessed, all of the images
39 in the feed will be downloaded to a local cache directory. If a few
40 hours have elapsed since last time, the URL will be polled again, and
41 any new images will be cached, any images no longer in the feed
45 Update the cache immediately, even if it is not time yet. This
46 will re-scan the directory, or re-poll the RSS feed.
50 .BR xscreensaver\-demo (1),
51 .BR xscreensaver\-getimage (1),
57 Copyright \(co 2001-2012 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy,
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59 any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above
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62 No representations are made about the suitability of this software for
63 any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied
66 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 14-Apr-01