---
name: "khotswap"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hotswap-gui"
version: "0.4.0-11+b1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/khotswap"
---

# khotswap(1)

KDE utility for registering and unregistering hotswappable IDE hardware

## NAME

khotswap - KDE utility for registering and unregistering hotswappable  IDE hardware

## SYNOPSIS

**khotswap** \[--help\] \[--help-qt\] \[--help-kde\] \[--help-all\] \[--author\] \[-v \| --version\] \[--license\] \[--\] \[--ide-controller **N**\] \[--hotswap-path **PATH**\] \[--systray\]

## DESCRIPTION

khotswap is a KDE frontend for the [**hotswap**(1)](/hotswap/1.md) program. It allows you to interactively register and unregister hotswappable IDE devices, for example notebook computer modules, with the Linux kernel.

## OPTIONS

Additionally, the following flags are recognized:

- **--help**

  Print a brief help text.

- **--help-qt**

  Print help about Qt specific options.

- **--help-kde**

  Print help about KDE specific options.

- **--help**

  Print help about all recognized options.

- **--author**

  Print information about the author of the program.

- **-v** ,**--version**

  Print version information.

- **--license**

  Print information about the license of the program.

- **--**

  Turns off option processing for all following command line arguments.

- **--ide-controller** *N*

  Use IDE controller *N*.

- **--hotswap-path** *PATH*

  Look for the hotswap executable at *PATH*.

- **--systray**

  Only show the system tray icon at startup.

## REPORT BUGS

Report bugs to t.stadelmann1@physics.ox.ac.uk.

## AUTHOR

Written by Tim Stadelmann.

This manual page is based on an earlier version kindly contributed by Wouter Verhelst.

## SEE ALSO

[**hotswap**(1)](/hotswap/1.md), [**X**(7x)](/X/7x.md).

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2003 Tim Stadelmann.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.