---
name: "pclock"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pclock"
version: "0.13.1-6"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pclock"
---

# pclock(1)

pixmap clock

## NAME

pclock - pixmap clock

## SYNOPSIS

**pclock** *\[options\]*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **pclock** command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**pclock** is a program that places a small analog clock program on the desktop of X.  It was designed to run under the WindowMaker window manager.  It uses any 64x64 pixmap as a background.

## OPTIONS

The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-') and short optoins starting with one dash. A summary of options is included below.

- **-B PIXMAP, --background=PIXMAP**

  Use the given pixmap as the clock background (size must be 64x64).

- **-H COLOR, --hands-color=COLOR**

  Draw the hands (hour, minute and second) in the specified color.

- **-S COLOR, --second-hand-color**

  Draw the second hand in the specified color

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **--hour-hand-length=INT**

  Draw the hour hand with the specified length of INT.

- **--minute-hand-length=INT**

  Draw the minute hand with the specified length of INT.

- **--second-hand-length=INT**

  Draw the second hand with the specified length of INT.

- **--second-hand-width=INT**

  Draw the minute hand with the specified width of INT.

- **-s, --second-hand**

  Don't display the second hand.

- **-v, --version**

  Show version of program.

- **-w, --withdrawn**

  Don't start up in a withdrawn (iconic) state.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Darren Benham \<gecko@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). The software is copyrighted (c) 1998 by and released under the GPL v2.

Author: Alexander Kourakos \<Alexander@Kourakos.com\>\
    Web: http://www.kourakos.com/~awk/pclock/