systemd-xdg-autostart-generator - User unit generator for XDG autostart files
/usr/lib/systemd/user-generators/systemd-xdg-autostart-generator
systemd-xdg-autostart-generator is a generator that creates .service units for XDG autostart[1] files. This permits desktop environments to delegate startup of these applications to systemd(1) .
Units created by systemd-xdg-autostart-generator can be started by the desktop environment using "xdg-desktop-autostart.target". See systemd.special(7) for more details.
XDG autostart may be conditionalized using both standardized and
non-standardized keys. In order to handle these, the generator may
create one or more ExecCondition= entries. For non-standardized
keys, well-known helper binaries provided by Desktop Environments are
used. All external helpers must detect their corresponding
desktop environment and must return success when run in a
different environment. This is important as all ExecCondition=
directives must succeed for an application to be started.
Table 1. Special XDG desktop file entries that are
processed
| Entry | Handling |
Hidden=,
X-systemd-skip= |
No service will be generated if set to true |
OnlyShowIn=,
NotShowIn= |
ExecCondition= using
systemd-xdg-autostart-condition |
TryExec= |
No service will be generated if the binary does not exist or cannot be executed |
AutostartCondition= (GNOME
extension) |
ExecCondition= using
gnome-systemd-autostart-condition |
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase= |
No service will be generated if set to any value |
X-KDE-autostart-condition= |
ExecCondition= using
kde-systemd-start-condition |
systemd-xdg-autostart-generator implements systemd.generator(7).
systemd(1), systemd.service(5), systemd.target(5)