---
name: "abduco"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "abduco"
version: "0.6-8"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/abduco"
---

# abduco(1)

terminal session manager

## NAME

abduco - terminal session manager

## SYNOPSIS

**abduco** \[**-e** *detachkey*\] \[**-r**\] \[**-f**\] -c name command \[*args* ...\]\
 **abduco** \[**-e** *detachkey*\] \[**-r**\] \[**-f**\] -n name command \[*args* ...\]\
 **abduco** \[**-e** *detachkey*\] \[**-r**\] \[**-f**\] \[**-l**\] -A name command \[*args* ...\]\
 **abduco** \[**-e** *detachkey*\] \[**-r**\] \[**-l**\] -a name\

## DESCRIPTION

**abduco** provides a way to disconnect a given application from its controlling terminal, thus it provides roughly the same session attach/detach support as **[screen(1)](/screen/1.md)**, **[tmux(1)](/tmux/1.md)** or **[dtach(1)](/dtach/1.md)**.

If the **command** to execute is not specified, the environment variable **$ABDUCO\_CMD** is examined, if it is not set **[dvtm(1)](/dvtm/1.md)** is executed.

All session related information is stored in the following directories (first to succeed is used):

```

```

**$ABDUCO\_SOCKET\_DIR/abduco** **$HOME/.abduco** **$TMPDIR/abduco/$USER** **/tmp/abduco/$USER**

However if a given session name represents either a relative or absolute path it is used unmodified.

If for some reason the **[unix(7)](/unix/7.md)** domain socket representing a session is deleted, sending **SIGUSR1** to the server process will recreate it.

## OPTIONS

If no command line arguments are given all currently active sessions are printed sorted by their respective creation date. Lines starting with an asterik **\*** indicate that at least one client is connected. A plus sign **+** indicates that the command terminated while no client was connected, attach to get its exit status.

- **-v**

  Print version information to standard output and exit.

- **-r**

  Readonly session, i.e. user input is ignored.

- **-e *detachkey***

  Set the key to detach which by default is set to CTRL+\\ i.e. ^\\ to detachkey.

- **-f**

  Force creation of session when there is an already terminated session of the same name, after showing its exit status.

- **-c**

  Create a new session and attach immediately to it.

- **-n**

  Create a new session but do not attach to it.

- **-A**

  Try to connect to an existing session, upon failure create said session and attach immediately to it.

- **-a**

  Attach to an existing session.

- **-l**

  Attach with the lowest priority, meaning this client will be the last to control the size.

## EXAMPLE

Start a new session (assuming **[dvtm(1)](/dvtm/1.md)** is in **$PATH**) with

```
abduco -c my-session
```

do some work, then detach by pressing **CTRL+\\** and later reattach with

```
abduco -a my-session
```

## AUTHOR

abduco is written by Marc André Tanner \<mat at brain-dump.org\>