---
name: "jack_load"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "jack-example-tools"
version: "4-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/jack_load"
---

# jack\_load(1)

JACK toolkit client for loading in-process clients

## NAME

jack\_load - JACK toolkit client for loading in-process clients

## SYNOPSIS

**jack\_load** \[ *-i* initstring \] \[ *-s* servername \] \[*-w* \] client-name so-name \[ initstring \]

## DESCRIPTION

**jack\_load** is a JACK toolkit client. It loads the specified plugin and creates an in-process client.

## ARGUMENTS

The client-name must be a currently unused client name.

The so-name is the name of file that client code is stored in (typically, *clientname.so*)

## OPTIONS

- **-i**, **--init** init-string

  initialization string passed to the in-process client. Note that this can also be specified as the last argument on the command line.

- **-s**, **--server** servername

  Name of JACK server to connect to

- **-w**, **--wait**

  Wait for a signal (eg. from Ctrl-c) and then unload the client.

## AUTHOR

Jeremy Hall