---
name: "bootanim"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bootsplash"
version: "3.3-2"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bootanim"
---

# bootanim(1)

script to display animations depending on what command was executed.

## NAME

bootanim — script to display animations depending on what command was executed.

## SYNOPSIS

**bootanim** \[**\[start\|stop\|kill\|next\]**\]  \[**-m**\]  \[**-r** *XxY\]  \[***-d** *dir\]  \[***mng1***\]  \[***mng2** *...\]*

## DESCRIPTION

*This manual page was written for the* **Debian** *distribution*  *because the original program does not have a manual page.*

**bootanim** is run from the splash.sh script and  is used to play animations during boot based on what command is run by  the rc script.

## OPTIONS

- **start, stop, kill, next**

  These options start, stop and fade out, immediately stop, and  advance the specified and current animations respectivly.

- **-r**

  The screen resoultion to use if we are unable to autodetect  it.  Specify in the form \[width\]x\[height\].

- **-d**

  A directory containing animation files.

- **-m**

  Play multiple animations.

- **mng1, mng2 ...**

  The animations to play.  Use -m if multiple files are specified.

## SEE ALSO

bootsplash (7), splash.sh (1).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Matthew A. Nicholson debian@matt-land.com for  the **Debian** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any   later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.