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11965N/A<refentry id="dbus-monitor-1">

15985N/A<refmeta><refentrytitle>&cmd;</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

15985N/A<refmiscinfo class="date">25 Feb 2009</refmiscinfo>

11965N/A<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>

11965N/A<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>

11965N/A<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>

11965N/A<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>

11965N/A</refmeta>

15985N/A<indexterm><primary>&cmd;</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>

11965N/Adebug probe to print message bus messages

11965N/A</primary></indexterm><refnamediv id="dbus-monitor-1-name">

15985N/A<refname>&cmd;</refname><refpurpose>

11965N/Adebug probe to print message bus messages

11965N/A</refpurpose></refnamediv>

11965N/A<refsynopsisdiv id="dbus-monitor-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>

11965N/A<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command>

11965N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>-system</option> | <option>-session</option></arg>

11965N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>-profile</option> | <option>-monitor</option></arg>

11965N/A<arg choice="opt"><option role="nodash">watch_expressions</option></arg>

11965N/A</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>

11965N/A<refsect1 id="dbus-monitor-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>

11965N/A<para>

15985N/AThe <command>&cmd;</command> command is used to monitor messages going through

15985N/Aa D\-Bus message bus.

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A<para>

11965N/AThere are two standard message buses:

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A<itemizedlist>

11965N/A<listitem><para>

11965N/Asystemwide message bus - Disabled and not supported on Solaris, but installed

15985N/Aon many systems as the &quot;messagebus&quot; init service.

11965N/A</para></listitem>

11965N/A<listitem><para>

11965N/Aper-user-login-session message bus - Enabled and supported on Solaris, and

11965N/Astarted each time a user logs in.

11965N/A</para></listitem>

11965N/A</itemizedlist>

11965N/A<para>

15985N/AThe <option>-system</option> and <option>-session</option> options direct

15985N/A<command>&cmd;</command> to monitor the system or session buses respectively.

15985N/AIf neither is specified, <command>&cmd;</command> monitors the session bus.

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A<para>

15985N/A<command>&cmd;</command> has two different output modes, the 'classic'-style

15985N/Amonitoring mode and profiling mode. The profiling format is a compact format

15985N/Awith a single line per message and microsecond-resolution timing information.

15985N/AThe <option>-profile</option> and <option>-monitor</option> options select the

11965N/Aprofiling and monitoring output format respectively. If neither is specified,

15985N/A<command>&cmd;</command> uses the monitoring output format.

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A<para>

15985N/AIn order to get dbus-monitor to see the messages you are interested in, you

15985N/Ashould specify a set of watch expressions as you would expect to be passed to

15985N/Athe dbus_bus_add_watch function.

15985N/A</para>

15985N/A<para>

15985N/AThe message bus configuration may keep <command>&cmd;</command> from seeing all

15985N/Amessages, especially if you run the monitor as a non-root user.

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A<para>

11965N/ASee <literal>http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/</literal>

11965N/Afor more information.

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A</refsect1>

11965N/A<refsect1 id="dbus-monitor-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>

11965N/A<para>The following options are supported:</para>

11965N/A<variablelist termlength="wholeline">

11965N/A<varlistentry>

11965N/A<term><option>-monitor</option></term>

11965N/A<listitem><para>

11965N/AUse the monitoring output format (this is the default).

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

11965N/A<varlistentry>

11965N/A<term><option>-profile</option></term>

11965N/A<listitem><para>

11965N/AUse the profiling output format.

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

11965N/A<varlistentry>

11965N/A<term><option>-session</option></term>

11965N/A<listitem><para>

11965N/AMonitor the session message bus (this is the default).

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

11965N/A<varlistentry>

11965N/A<term><option>-system</option></term>

11965N/A<listitem><para>

11965N/AMonitor the system message bus. The system bus is disabled and unsupported

11965N/Aon Solaris.

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

11965N/A</variablelist></refsect1>

11965N/A<refsect1 id="dbus-monitor-1-oper"><title>&oper-tt;</title>

11965N/A<para>The following operands are supported:</para>

11965N/A<variablelist termlength="medium">

11965N/A<varlistentry>

11965N/A<term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>watch_expressions</replaceable></option></term>

11965N/A<listitem><para>

11965N/AIn order to display the messages you are interested in, you should specify

11965N/Aa set of <replaceable>watch_expressions</replaceable> as you would expect

11965N/Ato be passed to the dbus_bus_add_watch function.

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

11965N/A</variablelist></refsect1>

15985N/A<refsect1 id="dbus-send-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>

15985N/A<example role="example">

15985N/A<title>How to use <command>&cmd;</command> to watch for the GNOME

15985N/Atyping monitor to say things</title>

15985N/A<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; &quot;type='signal',sender='org.gnome.TypingMonitor',interface='org.gnome.TypingMonitor'&quot;</userinput>

15985N/A</screen></para>

15985N/A</example>

15985N/A</refsect1>

11965N/A<refsect1 id="dbus-monitor-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title>

11965N/A<para>The following exit values are returned:</para>

11965N/A<variablelist termlength="xtranarrow">

11965N/A<varlistentry>

11965N/A<term><returnvalue>0</returnvalue></term>

11965N/A<listitem><para>

11965N/AApplication exited successfully

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

11965N/A<varlistentry>

11965N/A<term><returnvalue>>0</returnvalue></term>

11965N/A<listitem><para>

11965N/AApplication exited with failure

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

11965N/A</variablelist></refsect1>

11965N/A<refsect1 id="dbus-monitor-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>

11965N/A<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>

11965N/A<variablelist termlength="wide">

11965N/A<varlistentry>

11965N/A<term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename></term>

11965N/A<listitem><para>

15985N/AExecutable for <command>&cmd;</command>

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

11965N/A</variablelist></refsect1>

11965N/A<refsect1 id="dbus-monitor-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>

11965N/A<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>

11965N/A<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>

11965N/Afor descriptions of the following attributes:</para>

11965N/A<informaltable frame="all">

11965N/A<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

11965N/A<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

11965N/A<thead>

11965N/A<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"

11965N/Avalign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

11965N/A</thead>

11965N/A<tbody>

11965N/A<row><entry>

11965N/A<para>Availability</para>

11965N/A</entry><entry>

11965N/A<para>SUNWdbus</para>

11965N/A</entry></row><row><entry colname="COLSPEC0">

11965N/A<para>Interface stability</para>

11965N/A</entry><entry colname="COLSPEC1">

11965N/A<para>Volatile</para>

11965N/A</entry></row>

11965N/A</tbody>

11965N/A</tgroup>

11965N/A</informaltable>

11965N/A</refsect1>

11965N/A<refsect1 id="dbus-monitor-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>

11965N/A<para>

15995N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>dbus-binding-tool</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

11965N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>dbus-cleanup-sockets</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

13931N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>dbus-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

11965N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>dbus-launch</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

11965N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>dbus-send</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

11965N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>dbus-uuidgen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

11965N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>libdbus-glib-1</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

11965N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A</refsect1>

11965N/A<refsect1 id="dbus-monitor-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

11965N/A<para>

11965N/AFor authorship information refer to

11965N/A<literal>http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/doc/AUTHORS</literal>.

11965N/AUpdated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2007.

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A<para>

15985N/A<command>&cmd;</command> was written by Philip Blundell. The profiling output

15985N/Amode was added by Olli Salli.

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A<para>

11965N/APlease send bug reports to the D\-Bus mailing list or bug

11965N/Atracker, see

11965N/A<literal>http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/</literal>

11965N/A</para>

11965N/A</refsect1>

11965N/A</refentry>