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<refentry id="systemd-xdg-autostart-generator" conditional="ENABLE_XDG_AUTOSTART">
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-xdg-autostart-generator</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>systemd-xdg-autostart-generator</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-xdg-autostart-generator</refname>
<refpurpose>User unit generator for XDG autostart files</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/user-generators/systemd-xdg-autostart-generator</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><filename>systemd-xdg-autostart-generator</filename> is a generator
that creates .service units for
<ulink url="https://specifications.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-latest.html">XDG autostart</ulink>
files.
This permits desktop environments to delegate startup of these applications to
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
.</para>
<para>Units created by <filename>systemd-xdg-autostart-generator</filename>
can be started by the desktop environment using <literal>xdg-desktop-autostart.target</literal>.
See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more details.</para>
<para><filename>systemd-xdg-autostart-generator</filename> implements
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.target</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>