# gnome-session-inhibit

gnome-session-inhibit

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gnome-session-inhibit

Inhibit gnome-session functionality

          gnome-session-inhibit
          OPTION
          COMMAND

## Description

`gnome-session-inhibit` can inhibit certain gnome-session functionality while executing the given COMMAND. To achieve this, it calls the Inhibit() method of the gnome-session D-Bus API and creates an inhibitor. The inhibitor is automatically removed when gnome-session-inhibit exits.

A typical use case is to prevent the session from going idle (and thus locking the screen) while a movie player is running.

## Options

`-h`, `--help`

- Print help and exit

`--version`

- Print version information and exit

`--app-id` ID

- The application id to use when calling the gnome-session Inhibit() method. If this option is not specified, "unknown" is used.

`--reason` REASON

- A human-readable reason to pass along when calling the gnome-session Inhibit() method. If this option is not specified, "not specified" is used.

`--inhibit` ACTION

- ACTION specifies the actions to inhibit. This option can be repeated to inhibit multiple actions. The possible values for an ACTION are: logout, switch-user, suspend, idle, automount. If this option is not specified, "idle" is assumed.

`--inhibit-only`

- Do not launch COMMAND and wait forever instead

`-l`, `--list`

- List the existing inhibitions and exit

## See also

systemd-inhibit

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