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d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<refmeta><refentrytitle>notify-send</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<refmiscinfo class="date">28 Feb 2007</refmiscinfo>
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d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<refnamediv id="notify-send-1-name"><refname>notify-send</refname><refpurpose>a CLI program to send desktop notifications</refpurpose>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<refsynopsisdiv id="notify-send-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<arg choice="opt"><option>-help </option></arg>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<arg choice="opt"><option>-urgency=<replaceable>level</replaceable></option></arg>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<arg choice="opt"><option>-expire-time=<replaceable>time</replaceable></option></arg>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<arg choice="opt"><option>-icon=<replaceable>icon,icon...</replaceable></option></arg>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<arg choice="opt"><option>-category=<replaceable>type,type...</replaceable></option></arg>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<arg choice="opt"><option>-hint=<replaceable>type:name:value</replaceable></option></arg>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<arg choice="opt"><replaceable>summary</replaceable></arg>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<arg choice="opt"><replaceable>body</replaceable></arg>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi</cmdsynopsis>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi</refsynopsisdiv>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<refsect1 id="notify-send-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<para>Using notify-send, you can send desktop notifications to the user via a notification daemon from the command line. The notifications are used to inform the user about an asynchronous event or display some useful information without getting in the user's way.</para>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<refsect1 id="notify-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<para>The following options are supported:</para>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<varlistentry><term><option>?</option>, <option>-help</option></term><listitem><para>Display help
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<varlistentry><term><option>u</option>, <option>-urgency=<replaceable>level</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>Specifies
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchithe urgency level, including low, normal and critical.</para>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<varlistentry><term><option>t</option>, <option>-expire-time=<replaceable>time</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>Specifies
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchithe timeout in milliseconds at which to expire the notification.</para>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<varlistentry><term><option>i</option>, <option>-icon=<replaceable>icons</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>Specifies
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchian icon filename or stock icon to display.</para>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<varlistentry><term><option>c</option>, <option>-category=<replaceable>types</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>Specifies
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchithe notification category.</para>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<varlistentry><term><option>h</option>, <option>-hint=<replaceable>hint</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>Specifies
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchibasic extra data to pass. The format is type:name:value and valid types are int, double, string and byte</para>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<varlistentry><term><option>v</option>, <option>-version</option></term><listitem><para>Display
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchiversion information.</para>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi</variablelist>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<refsect1 id="notify-send-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title> <para>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi0 All information was written successfully.
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi>0 An error occurred.
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<refsect1 id="notify-send-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN2" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchifor descriptions of the following attributes:</para>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchivalign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>gnome/gnome-panel</para></entry>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchicolname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi</informaltable>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<refsect1 id="notify-send-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>
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d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert MustacchiThe Desktop Notification Spec on
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<literal>http://www.galago-project.org/specs/notification/</literal>.</para>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert Mustacchi<refsect1 id="notify-send-1-note"><title>¬e-tt;</title>
d14abf155341d55053c76eeec58b787a456b753bRobert MustacchiWritten by Jedy Wang, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2007.