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diff --git a/tools/dbus-monitor.1 b/tools/dbus-monitor.1 index faeaa5e0..5dea4ac8 100644 --- a/tools/dbus-monitor.1 +++ b/tools/dbus-monitor.1 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dbus-monitor \- debug probe to print message bus messages .SH SYNOPSIS .PP .B dbus-monitor -[\-\-system | \-\-session] +[\-\-system | \-\-session] [\-\-profile | \-\-monitor] [watch expressions] .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ monitor the system or session buses respectively. If neither is specified, \fIdbus-monitor\fP monitors the session bus. .PP +\fIdbus-monitor\fP has two different output modes, the 'classic'-style +monitoring mode and profiling mode. The profiling format is a compact +format with a single line per message and microsecond-resolution timing +information. The \-\-profile and \-\-monitor options select the profiling +and monitoring output format respectively. If neither is specified, +\fIdbus-monitor\fP uses the monitoring output format. + +.PP In order to get \fIdbus-monitor\fP to see the messages you are interested in, you should specify a set of watch expressions as you would expect to be passed to the \fIdbus_bus_add_watch\fP function. @@ -42,6 +50,12 @@ Monitor the system message bus. .TP .I "--session" Monitor the session message bus. (This is the default.) +.TP +.I "--profile" +Use the profiling output format. +.TP +.I "--monitor" +Use the monitoring output format. (This is the default.) .SH EXAMPLE Here is an example of using dbus-monitor to watch for the gnome typing @@ -54,6 +68,7 @@ monitor to say things .SH AUTHOR dbus-monitor was written by Philip Blundell. +The profiling output mode was added by Olli Salli. .SH BUGS Please send bug reports to the D-Bus mailing list or bug tracker, |