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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
<refentry id='dbussend1'>
<!-- dbus\-send manual page.
Copyright (C) 2003 Red Hat, Inc. -->
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>dbus-send</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="source">D-Bus</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="version">@DBUS_VERSION@</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>dbus-send</refname>
<refpurpose>Send a message to a message bus</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<!-- body begins here -->
<refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>dbus-send</command>
<group choice='opt'><arg choice='plain'>--system </arg><arg choice='plain'>--session </arg><arg choice='plain'>--address=<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></arg></group>
<arg choice='opt'>--dest=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'><arg choice='plain'>--print-reply </arg><arg choice='opt'><replaceable>=literal</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--reply-timeout=<replaceable>MSEC</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--type=<replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>OBJECT_PATH</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>INTERFACE.MEMBER</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt' rep='repeat'><replaceable>CONTENTS</replaceable></arg>
<sbr/>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id='description'><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>The <command>dbus-send</command> command is used to send a message to a D-Bus message
bus. See <ulink url='http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/'>http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/</ulink> for more
information about the big picture.</para>
<para>There are two well-known message buses: the systemwide message bus
(installed on many systems as the "messagebus" service) and the
per-user-login-session message bus (started each time a user logs in).
The <option>--system</option> and <option>--session</option> options direct
<command>dbus-send</command> to send messages to the system or session buses respectively.
If neither is specified, <command>dbus-send</command> sends to the session bus.</para>
<para>Nearly all uses of <command>dbus-send</command> must provide the <option>--dest</option> argument
which is the name of a connection on the bus to send the message to. If
<option>--dest</option> is omitted, no destination is set.</para>
<para>The object path and the name of the message to send must always be
specified. Following arguments, if any, are the message contents
(message arguments). These are given as type-specified values and
may include containers (arrays, dicts, and variants) as described below.</para>
<literallayout remap='.nf'>
<contents> ::= <item> | <container> [ <item> | <container>...]
<item> ::= <type>:<value>
<container> ::= <array> | <dict> | <variant>
<array> ::= array:<type>:<value>[,<value>...]
<dict> ::= dict:<type>:<type>:<key>,<value>[,<key>,<value>...]
<variant> ::= variant:<type>:<value>
<type> ::= string | int16 | uint 16 | int32 | uint32 | int64 | uint64 | double | byte | boolean | objpath
</literallayout> <!-- .fi -->
<para>D-Bus supports more types than these, but <command>dbus-send</command> currently
does not. Also, <command>dbus-send</command> does not permit empty containers
or nested containers (e.g. arrays of variants).</para>
<para>Here is an example invocation:</para>
<literallayout remap='.nf'>
dbus-send --dest=org.freedesktop.ExampleName \
/org/freedesktop/sample/object/name \
org.freedesktop.ExampleInterface.ExampleMethod \
int32:47 string:'hello world' double:65.32 \
array:string:"1st item","next item","last item" \
dict:string:int32:"one",1,"two",2,"three",3 \
variant:int32:-8 \
objpath:/org/freedesktop/sample/object/name
</literallayout> <!-- .fi -->
<para>Note that the interface is separated from a method or signal
name by a dot, though in the actual protocol the interface
and the interface member are separate fields.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='options'><title>OPTIONS</title>
<para>The following options are supported:</para>
<variablelist remap='TP'>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--dest=</option><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>Specify the name of the connection to receive the message.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--print-reply</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Block for a reply to the message sent, and print any reply received
in a human-readable form. It also means the message type (<option>--type=</option>) is <emphasis remap='B'>method_call</emphasis>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--print-reply=literal</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Block for a reply to the message sent, and print the body of the
reply. If the reply is an object path or a string, it is printed
literally, with no punctuation, escape characters etc.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--reply-timeout=</option><replaceable>MSEC</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>Wait for a reply for up to <emphasis remap='I'>MSEC</emphasis> milliseconds.
The default is implementation‐defined, typically 25 seconds.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--system</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Send to the system message bus.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--session</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Send to the session message bus. (This is the default.)</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--address=</option><replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>Send to <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--type=</option><replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>Specify <emphasis remap='B'>method_call</emphasis> or <emphasis remap='B'>signal</emphasis> (defaults to "<emphasis remap='B'>signal</emphasis>").</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='author'><title>AUTHOR</title>
<para>dbus-send was written by Philip Blundell.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='bugs'><title>BUGS</title>
<para>Please send bug reports to the D-Bus mailing list or bug tracker,
see <ulink url='http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/'>http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/</ulink></para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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