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dxpause(1X)							   dxpause(1X)

NAME
       dxpause - locks (pauses) an X display

SYNOPSIS
       dxpause [-autopause] [-time n] [-wait]

OPTIONS
       If  the -autopause option is set, when the display is unlocked, dxpause
       does not exit but instead becomes an icon. In this case, dxpause	 auto‐
       matically  locks	 the  display  when the X server goes into screensaver
       mode if the X Screensaver extension is present in the  X	 server.   De-
       iconifying  dxpause  also  causes  the display to be locked.  The -time
       option only has meaning if the -autopause option is also set. The -time
       n  option  sets	the autolock timeout period to n minutes.  The default
       period is whatever the X server's screensaver timeout is	 set  to,  and
       the latter defaults to 5 minutes.  The -wait option only has meaning if
       the -autopause option is also set, and causes dxpause to start  in  the
       iconified state rather than immediately locking the display.

       Without any of these options set, dxpause locks the display immediately
       when invoked and exits when the display is unlocked.

DESCRIPTION
       The dxpause program must be  invoked  explicitly	 by  users  (typically
       those  running  the  generic  X	display	 manager rather than CDE). The
       dxpause program places a blank screen over the workstation  screen  and
       displays a dialog box that prompts for the password of the person whose
       session was paused.  When you enter the	correct	 password,  the	 blank
       screen is removed and the session resumes.

       In  the	file, the following resources are used by the dxpause program:
       The first name for lines that apply only to the Pause  task  should  be
       labeled	DXpause.   When	 this  resource	 is  True, dxpause executes an
       XGrabServer library call, thereby inhibiting all processing of requests
       or  close  downs	 on  any other connection.  Although this action abso‐
       lutely insures that no information is  displayed	 “through”  the	 pause
       screen,	it  also  effectively suspends other tasks that need to output
       information to their windows.  When this resource is False, the protec‐
       tive  pause  screen  is raised to the top of the display stack 20 times
       per second, thus re-covering any other window that might have been dis‐
       played.	 Tasks	that  need  to output to their own windows will not be
       suspended.  The default is False.  When this resource is True,  dxpause
       behaves	as  if it were run with the -autopause option. See the OPTIONS
       section, above. The default is False.  When this resource is set	 to  a
       numeric	value  n,  dxpause  behaves as if it were run with the -time n
       option. See the OPTIONS section, above. This resource only has  meaning
       if  the	autoPause  resource  is set, or if dxpause is started with the
       -autopause option. The value n defaults	to  whatever  the  X  server's
       screensaver  timeout  is	 set to, and the latter defaults to 5 minutes.
       When this resource is True, dxpause behaves as if it were run with  the
       -wait  option.  See  the OPTIONS section, above. This resource only has
       meaning if the autoPause resource is set, or if dxpause is started with
       the -autopause option. The default is False.

FILES
SEE ALSO
       X(1X)

								   dxpause(1X)
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