Python API

method libtmux latest

Server.kill

Kill tmux server.

Source and package

Qualified name: libtmux.Server.kill
Module: libtmux
Declared in: Server
Package: libtmux
Source: src/libtmux/server.py
Other languages: Perlmethod Erlangfunction PowerShell Julia Elixir Haskell Common Lisp Ruby Lua TypeScriptRustGoJavaC#C++SwiftKotlinScala OCaml F# Clojure

kill (self) → None method [source] ¶

Description#

>>> svr = Server(socket_name="testing")
>>> svr
Server(socket_name=testing)

>>> svr.new_session()
Session(...)

>>> svr.is_alive()
True

>>> svr.kill()

>>> svr.is_alive()
False

The tmux commands behind kill.

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

Shut the tmux server down

Equivalents of Shut the tmux server down in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Ruby	`LibTmux::Server#kill`
Erlang	`tmux_server:stop_owned/1` Requires the ownership token for a library-owned daemon. Closing a borrowed endpoint preserves its daemon.
Haskell	No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing.
TypeScript	`server.Server.kill`
Rust	`server.Server.kill`
Go	`tmux.Server.Kill`
Java	`io.github.libtmux.Server.killServer`
Clojure	`libtmux.core/kill-server!`
Kotlin	`io.github.libtmux.kotlin.Server.killServer`
Scala	`io.github.libtmux.scaladsl.Server.killServer`
C#	`LibTmux.Server.KillAsync`
C++	`libtmux::Server::kill`
Swift	`Server.killServer()`
OCaml	Client.close releases transport resources. The public client API does not terminate a borrowed tmux daemon.
Perl	`LibTmux::Server::kill_server` Explicit Server operation. Captured entities remain local observations; use a new snapshot to observe changes.

No equivalent is recorded in Lua, PowerShell, Julia, Elixir, Common Lisp or F#.