---
name: "trawld"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "trawld"
version: "0.2.8-3+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/trawld"
---

# trawld(1)

Configuration Manager daemon for trawl

## NAME

trawld - Configuration Manager daemon for trawl

## SYNOPSIS

**trawld** \[**--cpp**\<filename\>**\]** \[**-d**\|**--debug**\] \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \[**-l**\|**--load**\<filename\>**\]** \[**--nocpp**\] \[**-v**\|**--verbose**\] \[**-V**\|**--version**\] \[**\<FILENAME\>**\]

## DESCRIPTION

Trawl is a resource management tool aimed as an xrdb alternative that is session independent, i.e works on both X11 and Wayland. trawld is a daemon that functions as a backend for the trawl client utilities.

## OPTIONS

- **--cpp** \<filename\>

  Preprocessor to use \[/usr/bin/cpp\]

- **-d**, **--debug**

  Enable debug mode

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

  Print help information

- **-l**, **--load** \<filename\>

  Load resources from file

- **--nocpp**

  Do not use a preprocessor

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Enable verbose mode

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version information

## SEE ALSO

[xrdb(1)](/xrdb/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Soumya Ranjan Patnaik \<soumyaranjan1812@gmail.com\>, Ken Gilmer \<kgilmer@gmail.com\>