---
name: "kwrapper"
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/kshell"
---

# kwrapper(1)

start applications via kdeinit

Part of [kshell(1)](/kshell/1.md).

## NAME

kdeinit\_wrapper, kshell, kwrapper - start applications via kdeinit

## SYNOPSIS

**kdeinit\_wrapper** application \[arguments\]

**kshell** application \[arguments\]

**kwrapper** application \[arguments\]

## DESCRIPTION

**kdeinit\_wrapper**, **kshell** and **kwrapper** start applications via **kdeinit**.

**kdeinit\_wrapper** simply passes application name and arguments to **kdeinit**.

**kshell** passes application name, arguments, complete environment and current working directory to **kdeinit**.

**kwrapper** tries to make the application look like it was actually started directly and not via **kdeinit**. Like **kshell** it passes application name, arguments, complete environment and current working directory to **kdeinit**.\
 Additionally it

- \-

  tries to redirect application output to the console from which **kwrapper** was started

- \-

  waits for the application to finish (but does not return its return value)

- \-

  passes most signals it gets to the process of the started application

The signal passing allows you to use Ctrl-C to break the started application or Ctrl-Z to stop it.

Note: With the use of **kwrapper** you will have one more process running and also the signal passing and output redirection may not work properly.

## OPTIONS

- **application**

  application to start

- **arguments**

  arguments of application to start

### **kdeinit**(1)

## SEE ALSO

## AUTHORS

```
kshell:
Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org>
kwrapper and kdeinit_wrapper:
Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>
Mario Weilguni <mweilguni@sime.org>
Lubos Lunak <l.lunak@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.