XSETROOT(1) XSETROOT(1)

NAME
xsetroot - root window parameter setting utility for X

SYNOPSIS
xsetroot [-help] [-def] [-display display] [-cursor cursorfile mask-
file] [-cursor_name cursorname] [-bitmap filename] [-mod x y] [-gray]
[-grey] [-fg color] [-bg color] [-rv] [-solid color] [-name string]

DESCRIPTION
The setroot program allows you to tailor the appearance of the back-
ground ("root") window on a workstation display running X. Normally,
you experiment with xsetroot until you find a personalized look that
you like, then put the xsetroot command that produces it into your X
startup file. If no options are specified, or if -def is specified,
the window is reset to its default state. The -def option can be spec-
ified along with other options and only the non-specified characteris-
tics will be reset to the default state.

Only one of the background color/tiling changing options (-solid,
-gray, -grey, -bitmap, and -mod) may be specified at a time.