1 .TH XScreenSaver 1 "23-Jun-2003 (4.11)" "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] [\--verbose] [\--name] directory
8 The \fIxscreensaver\-getimage\-file\fP program is a helper program
9 for the xscreensaver hacks that manipulate images. Specifically, it
11 .BR xscreensaver\-getimage (1)
12 as needed. This is not a user-level command.
14 This program selects a random image from disk, and loads it on the root
15 window. It does this by figuring out which image-loading programs are
16 installed on the system, and invoking the first one it finds.
18 .I xscreensaver-getimage-file
19 accepts the following options:
25 Don't load an image: instead just print the file name to stdout.
28 The directory to search. The directory will be searched recursively,
29 and all files in it are assumed to be images.
33 .BR xscreensaver\-demo (1),
34 .BR xscreensaver\-getimage (1),
40 Copyright \(co 2001 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy,
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46 any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied
49 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 14-Apr-01