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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-11-19 21:12:54 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-11-20 00:01:05 +0100
commit0171da06ef8bb19c175c5aa8aff8cf95f3de7dc1 (patch)
treee75c9b00308937a82c841c4b36ba22503d6a44b7 /man/busctl.xml
parent9b772efb41c2d9f743ba5e96804bdf89b12630d8 (diff)
busctl: add new "introspect" verb for introspecting objects
Diffstat (limited to 'man/busctl.xml')
-rw-r--r--man/busctl.xml36
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/man/busctl.xml b/man/busctl.xml
index 730a3344d6..ccbd832a75 100644
--- a/man/busctl.xml
+++ b/man/busctl.xml
@@ -186,13 +186,10 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>tree</command> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></arg></term>
+ <term><command>status</command> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></arg></term>
- <listitem><para>Shows an object tree of one or more
- services. If <replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable> is specified,
- show object tree of the specified services only. Otherwise,
- show all object trees of all services on the bus that acquired
- at least one well-known name.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Show process information and credentials of a
+ bus service.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -201,7 +198,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
<listitem><para>Dump messages being exchanged. If
<replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable> is specified, show messages
to or from this endpoint. Otherwise, show all messages on the
- bus.</para></listitem>
+ bus. Use Ctrl-C to terminate dump.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -218,24 +215,35 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>status</command> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></arg></term>
+ <term><command>tree</command> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></arg></term>
- <listitem><para>Show process information and credentials of a
- bus service.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Shows an object tree of one or more
+ services. If <replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable> is specified,
+ show object tree of the specified services only. Otherwise,
+ show all object trees of all services on the bus that acquired
+ at least one well-known name.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>introspect</command> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>OBJECT</replaceable></arg></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show interfaces, methods, properties and
+ signals of the specified object (identified by its path) on
+ the specified service.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>call</command> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>OBJECT</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>INTERFACE</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>METHOD</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>SIGNATURE</replaceable> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>PARAMETERS</replaceable></arg></arg></term>
+ <term><command>call</command> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>OBJECT</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>INTERFACE</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>METHOD</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>SIGNATURE</replaceable> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>ARGUMENT</replaceable></arg></arg></term>
<listitem><para>Invoke a method and show the response. Takes a
service name, object path, interface name and method name. If
parameters shall be passed to the method call a signature
- string is required, followed by the individual parameters,
- individually formatted as textual arguments.</para></listitem>
+ string is required, followed by the individual arguments,
+ individually formatted as textual parameters.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>get-property</command> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>OBJECT</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>INTERFACE</replaceable> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>PROPERTIES</replaceable></arg></arg></term>
+ <term><command>get-property</command> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>OBJECT</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>INTERFACE</replaceable> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>PROPERTY</replaceable></arg></arg></term>
<listitem><para>Retrieve the current value one or more object
properties. Takes a service name and object path. Optionally