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NAME

steam-runtime-steam-remote - stub Steam executable

SYNOPSIS

steam-runtime-steam-remote [ARGUMENT]...

DESCRIPTION

steam-runtime-steam-remote passes its command-line arguments to the Steam client that is currently running, if any.

The command-line arguments will typically be a single steam: URL (https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam_browser_protocol) such as steam://advertise/70, but can include other Steam command-line options (https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Command_Line_Options#Steam_.28Windows.29) such as -foreground.

A typical use for steam-runtime-steam-remote is to add a symbolic link named steam to a directory in the PATH, so that when a game runs a command like steam -foreground, it will be converted into an inter-process communication to the Steam client that is already running.

OUTPUT

If the commands are correctly passed, the output will be empty.

On error, a human-readable message is shown on standard error.

EXIT STATUS

0   steam-runtime-steam-remote ran successfully

Other Nonzero
    An error occurred.

EXAMPLES

Bring Steam's graphical user interface to the foreground:

    steam-runtime-steam-remote -foreground

Attempt to install Half-Life:

    steam-runtime-steam-remote steam://install/70