---
name: "kioexec"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kdelibs4c2a"
version: "4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-5"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kioexec"
---

# kioexec(1)

open remote files, watch modifications, ask for upload

## NAME

kioexec, kfmexec - open remote files, watch modifications, ask for upload

## SYNOPSIS

**kioexec** \[Qt-options\] \[KDE-options\] \[options\] command \[URLs\]

## DESCRIPTION

**kioexec** offers network transparency to applications that only support local files.

**kioexec** downloads the remote file to a temporary location and starts a local application with the temporary file as argument. Then it  waits for the application to be exited and offers re-uploading of the modified temporary file.

## OPTIONS

###

### Arguments:

- **command**

  Command to execute

- **URLs**

  URL(s) or local file(s) used for 'command'

### Options:

- **--tempfiles**

  Treat URLs as local files and delete them afterwards

- **--suggestedfilename \<file name\>**

  Suggested file name for the downloaded file

###

### Generic options:

- **--help**

  Show help about options

- **--help-qt**

  Show Qt specific options

- **--help-kde**

  Show KDE specific options

- **--help-all**

  Show all options

- **--author**

  Show author information

- **-v, --version**

  Show version information

- **--license**

  Show license information

- **--**

  End of options

###

### KDE options:

- **--caption \<caption\>**

  Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar

- **--icon \<icon\>**

  Use 'icon' as the application icon

- **--miniicon \<icon\>**

  Use 'icon' as the icon in the titlebar

- **--config \<filename\>**

  Use alternative configuration file

- **--dcopserver \<server\>**

  Use the DCOP Server specified by 'server'

- **--nocrashhandler**

  Disable crash handler, to get core dumps

- **--waitforwm**

  Waits for a WM\_NET compatible windowmanager

- **--style \<style\>**

  sets the application GUI style

- **--geometry \<geometry\>**

  sets the client geometry of the main widget - see man X for the argument format

###

### Qt options:

- **--display \<displayname\>**

  Use the X-server display 'displayname'

- **--session \<sessionId\>**

  Restore the application for the given 'sessionId'

- **--cmap**

  Causes the application to install a private color map on an 8-bit display

- **--ncols \<count\>**

  Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8-bit display, if the application is using the QApplication::ManyColor color specification

- **--nograb**

  tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard

- **--dograb**

  running under a debugger can cause an implicit -nograb, use -dograb to override

- **--sync**

  switches to synchronous mode for debugging

- **--fn, --font \<fontname\>**

  defines the application font

- **--bg, --background \<color\>**

  sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated)

- **--fg, --foreground \<color\>**

  sets the default foreground color

- **--btn, --button \<color\>**

  sets the default button color

- **--name \<name\>**

  sets the application name

- **--title \<title\>**

  sets the application title (caption)

- **--visual TrueColor**

  forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8-bit display

- **--inputstyle \<inputstyle\>**

  sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and root

- **--im \<XIM server\>**

  set XIM server

- **--noxim**

  disable XIM

- **--reverse**

  mirrors the whole layout of widgets

### David Faure \<faure@kde.org\>

## AUTHORS

```
Stephan Kulow <coolo@kde.org>
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero@arklinux.org>
Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>
Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org>
```

Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs, do not mail the authors directly.

This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann \<Holger\_Hartmann@gmx.de\> for the **Debian** Project (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 or 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.