Server.Start
Start starts the configured tmux server. It is idempotent when that server is already running. Completed stderr is an error; cancellation does not prove that a daemon was not started.
Source and package
- Qualified name
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tmux.Server. Start - Package
- tmux
- Declared in
Server- Distribution
- github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/tmux
- Source
- tmux/server_attach.go
- Other languages
- Perl Erlangfunction PowerShell Julia Elixir Haskell Common Lisp Python Ruby Lua TypeScript Rust Java C# C++ Swift Kotlin Scala OCaml F# Clojure
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Description#
With tmux's exit-empty default, a server holding no sessions may exit before the next command even though Start succeeded. Create a session or disable exit-empty in
ServerOptions.ConfigFilebefore startup. UseServer.IsAliveorServer.CheckAliveto check it.- Parameters
tmux command#
The tmux commands behind Start.
tmux C API#
The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.
In other ports#
Start the server without creating a session
| Language | Equivalent |
|---|---|
| Python | libtmux |
| Erlang | tmux Starts a private daemon and returns an ownership token. |
| Haskell | No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing. |
| TypeScript | no equivalent on Server |
| Rust | server |
| Java | no equivalent on Server |
| C# | Lib |
| C++ | no equivalent on Server |
| Swift | Server |
| OCaml | No direct public OCaml equivalent is recorded for this operation. |
| Perl | No dedicated equivalent in the selected Perl surface. Explicit Server::cmd remains available for native tmux commands. |
No equivalent is recorded in Ruby, Lua, PowerShell, Julia, Elixir, Common Lisp, Clojure, Kotlin, Scala or F#.