From b6905b75b6ec77400b25fe340852626871649bd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "John (J5) Palmieri" Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 23:06:03 +0000 Subject: * tools/dbus-monitor.1: update the manpage for dbus-monitor (Patch from Olli Salli ) --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ tools/dbus-monitor.1 | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 98b4a0df..a189aa39 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2006-11-08 John (J5) Palmieri + + * tools/dbus-monitor.1: update the manpage for dbus-monitor + (Patch from Olli Salli ) + 2006-11-08 John (J5) Palmieri * AUTHORS: Update with all people listed in the ChangeLog 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 @@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ The \-\-system and \-\-session options direct \fIdbus-monitor\fP to 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 @@ -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, -- cgit v1.2.1