gnome-session-save (1) Linux Manual Page
gnome-session-save – Saves or ends the current GNOME session
Synopsis
gnome-session-save [–logout] [–force-logout] [–logout-dialog] [–shutdown-dialog] [–gui] [–kill [–silent]]Description
gnome-session-save can be used from a GNOME session to save a snapshot of the currently running applications. This session will be later restored at your next GNOME session.The –gui option will report errors in dialog boxes instead of printing to stderr.
If called with the –logout option, the current GNOME session will be ended, unless logging out has been inhibited by an application. The –force-logout option can be used to end the session regardless of the inhibition state.
When the –logout-dialog option is given, the standard dialog displaying logout options is displayed. When –shutdown-dialog option is given, the standard dialog displaying shutdown options is displayed.
The –kill and –silent options are deprecated. The –kill option is equivalent to the –logout-dialog option. If –silent is used with –kill, then it will behave as if –logout was used.
The session is not saved when gnome-session-save is called with any of the options ending the session.