---
name: "lircrcd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lirc"
version: "0.9.0~pre1-1.2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lircrcd"
---

# lircrcd(1)

daemon to handle consistent .lircrc state among client applications

## NAME

lircrcd - daemon to handle consistent .lircrc state among client applications

## SYNOPSIS

**lircrcd** \[*options*\] *config-file*

## DESCRIPTION

**lircrcd** reads the given .lircrc config file and synchronises the mode that the LIRC clients using this config file ([**irexec**(1)](/irexec/1.md), [**irxevent**(1)](/irxevent/1.md) , etc.) are in. Using  **lircrcd** has to be explicitly enabled in the config file by adding the following line at the beginning of the file:\
 \#! lircrcd

- **-h** **--help**

  display this message

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

  display version

- **-p** **--permission**=*mode*

  file permissions for socket

- **-o** **--output**=*socket*

  output socket filename

## OPTIONS

- **-p, --premission=***mode*

  The --permission option gives the file permission of the Unix domain socket lircrcd creates on startup in octal representation. Read the documentation for chmod for further details. If no --permission option is given when the socket is created the default is to give only the user owning the file read and write permissions (0600 in octal representation).

- **-o, --output=***socket*

  With the --output option you can select the Unix domain socket, which lircrcd will create. The default is to append a "d" character to the config filename given.

## SEE ALSO

The documentation for **lirc** is maintained as html pages. They are located under html/ in the documentation directory.