---
name: "wmfire"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wmfire"
version: "1.2.4-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wmfire"
---

# wmfire(1)

Fiery dock app monitor

## NAME

wmfire - Fiery dock app monitor

## SYNOPSIS

**wmfire** \[-c CPU\] \[-f COLOUR\] \[-F FILE\] \[-g GEOMETRY\] \[-h\] \[-H MAX\] \[-i INTERFACE\] \[-l\] \[-L MIN\] \[-m\] \[-n\] \[-p\] \[-s SPEED\] \[-x\] \[-y\]

## DESCRIPTION

**wmfire** is flaming dock app which can monitor your cpu, memory, network or a file.

**o** Left click to change the status monitor (unless locked)\
 **o** Middle click to hide/show nice'd process on cpu load\
 **o** Right click to change flame colour (unless locked)\
 **o** Mouse wheel up or down is the same as left click

On mouse over the cursor will disappear and be replaced by a burning spot at that location. After two seconds symbols will be burnt to represent what is being monitored. For cpu, a short solid bar represents average load or a line of dots representing the current cpu number on SMP systems. For the memory, a grid of dots is used to signify a memory array. For the network, a line of marching dots is like data passing through a cable. For file values, a spinning disk platter is shown.

(Not all window managers support all mouse over effects.)

## OPTIONS

- **-c \[0..3\]**

  Monitor SMP CPU number X

- **-f \[1..4\]**

  Change flame colour\
   (1:Natural 2:Coronal 3:Blue 4:Green)

- **-F \[...\]**

  Monitor file

- **-g \[{+-}X{+-}Y\]**

  Set initial window position

- **-h**

  Show help

- **-H \[...\]**

  Set maximum (high) value for file monitoring

- **-i \[...\]**

  Change the network interface\
   (Default is "ppp0")

- **-l**

  Lock flame colour and monitor

- **-L \[...\]**

  Set minimum (low) value for file monitoring

- **-m**

  Monitor the memory load

- **-n**

  Monitor the network traffic

- **-p**

  Fire effect only (no monitoring)

- **-r**

  \[*...*\] Change resource name (default:wmfire)

- **-s \[...\]\[K\|M\]**

  Change the network speed - kilobytes or megabytes\
   (Automatic preset values for interfaces: ppp=56K eth=100M)

- **-x**

  Exclude nice'd CPU load

- **-y**

  Set window sticky for window managers which do not support dock apps

## EXAMPLES

**wmfire -F /tmp/file -L 40 -H 60 -i eth2 -s 1000M**

## NOTES

The file monitoring will only read the first value in a file. For complex parsing use an external program to read the required value and write it to the same file wmfire is set to read.

## BUGS

Please report any bugs you may find to:

- **swanson@ukfsn.org**

  ## AUTHOR

Alan Swanson \<alan.swanson@ukfsn.org\>

http://www.swanson.ukfsn.org