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diff --git a/man/busctl.xml b/man/busctl.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 052a33097f..0000000000 --- a/man/busctl.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,482 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*--> -<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" -"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> - -<!-- - This file is part of systemd. - - Copyright 2014 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek - - systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it - under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or - (at your option) any later version. - - systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but - WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU - Lesser General Public License for more details. - - You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License - along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. ---> - -<refentry id="busctl" - xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> - - <refentryinfo> - <title>busctl</title> - <productname>systemd</productname> - - <authorgroup> - <author> - <contrib>A monkey with a typewriter</contrib> - <firstname>Zbigniew</firstname> - <surname>Jędrzejewski-Szmek</surname> - <email>zbyszek@in.waw.pl</email> - </author> - </authorgroup> - </refentryinfo> - - <refmeta> - <refentrytitle>busctl</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> - </refmeta> - - <refnamediv> - <refname>busctl</refname> - <refpurpose>Introspect the bus</refpurpose> - </refnamediv> - - <refsynopsisdiv> - <cmdsynopsis> - <command>busctl</command> - <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> - <arg choice="opt">COMMAND</arg> - <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg> - </cmdsynopsis> - </refsynopsisdiv> - - <refsect1> - <title>Description</title> - - <para><command>busctl</command> may be used to - introspect and monitor the D-Bus bus.</para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Options</title> - - <para>The following options are understood:</para> - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--address=<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term> - - <listitem><para>Connect to the bus specified by - <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable> instead of using suitable - defaults for either the system or user bus (see - <option>--system</option> and <option>--user</option> - options).</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--show-machine</option></term> - - <listitem><para>When showing the list of peers, show a - column containing the names of containers they belong to. - See - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--unique</option></term> - - <listitem><para>When showing the list of peers, show only - "unique" names (of the form - <literal>:<replaceable>number</replaceable>.<replaceable>number</replaceable></literal>). - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--acquired</option></term> - - <listitem><para>The opposite of <option>--unique</option> — - only "well-known" names will be shown.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--activatable</option></term> - - <listitem><para>When showing the list of peers, show only - peers which have actually not been activated yet, but may be - started automatically if accessed.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--match=<replaceable>MATCH</replaceable></option></term> - - <listitem><para>When showing messages being exchanged, show only the - subset matching <replaceable>MATCH</replaceable>. - See - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--size=</option></term> - - <listitem> - <para>When used with the <command>capture</command> command, - specifies the maximum bus message size to capture - ("snaplen"). Defaults to 4096 bytes.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--list</option></term> - - <listitem> - <para>When used with the <command>tree</command> command, shows a - flat list of object paths instead of a tree.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--quiet</option></term> - - <listitem> - <para>When used with the <command>call</command> command, - suppresses display of the response message payload. Note that even - if this option is specified, errors returned will still be - printed and the tool will indicate success or failure with - the process exit code.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--verbose</option></term> - - <listitem> - <para>When used with the <command>call</command> or - <command>get-property</command> command, shows output in a - more verbose format.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--expect-reply=</option><replaceable>BOOL</replaceable></term> - - <listitem> - <para>When used with the <command>call</command> command, - specifies whether <command>busctl</command> shall wait for - completion of the method call, output the returned method - response data, and return success or failure via the process - exit code. If this is set to <literal>no</literal>, the - method call will be issued but no response is expected, the - tool terminates immediately, and thus no response can be - shown, and no success or failure is returned via the exit - code. To only suppress output of the reply message payload, - use <option>--quiet</option> above. Defaults to - <literal>yes</literal>.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--auto-start=</option><replaceable>BOOL</replaceable></term> - - <listitem> - <para>When used with the <command>call</command> command, specifies - whether the method call should implicitly activate the - called service, should it not be running yet but is - configured to be auto-started. Defaults to - <literal>yes</literal>.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--allow-interactive-authorization=</option><replaceable>BOOL</replaceable></term> - - <listitem> - <para>When used with the <command>call</command> command, - specifies whether the services may enforce interactive - authorization while executing the operation, if the security - policy is configured for this. Defaults to - <literal>yes</literal>.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--timeout=</option><replaceable>SECS</replaceable></term> - - <listitem> - <para>When used with the <command>call</command> command, - specifies the maximum time to wait for method call - completion. If no time unit is specified, assumes - seconds. The usual other units are understood, too (ms, us, - s, min, h, d, w, month, y). Note that this timeout does not - apply if <option>--expect-reply=no</option> is used, as the - tool does not wait for any reply message then. When not - specified or when set to 0, the default of - <literal>25s</literal> is assumed.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--augment-creds=</option><replaceable>BOOL</replaceable></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Controls whether credential data reported by - <command>list</command> or <command>status</command> shall - be augmented with data from - <filename>/proc</filename>. When this is turned on, the data - shown is possibly inconsistent, as the data read from - <filename>/proc</filename> might be more recent than the rest of - the credential information. Defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="user" /> - <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="system" /> - <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" /> - <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" /> - - <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" /> - <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-legend" /> - <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" /> - <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" /> - </variablelist> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Commands</title> - - <para>The following commands are understood:</para> - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><command>list</command></term> - - <listitem><para>Show all peers on the bus, by their service - names. By default, shows both unique and well-known names, but - this may be changed with the <option>--unique</option> and - <option>--acquired</option> switches. This is the default - operation if no command is specified.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><command>status</command> <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></arg></term> - - <listitem><para>Show process information and credentials of a - bus service (if one is specified by its unique or well-known - name), a process (if one is specified by its numeric PID), or - the owner of the bus (if no parameter is - specified).</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><command>monitor</command> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></arg></term> - - <listitem><para>Dump messages being exchanged. If - <replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable> is specified, show messages - to or from this peer, identified by its well-known or unique - name. Otherwise, show all messages on the bus. Use Ctrl-C to - terminate the dump.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><command>capture</command> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></arg></term> - - <listitem><para>Similar to <command>monitor</command> but - writes the output in pcap format (for details, see the <ulink - url="http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/LibpcapFileFormat">Libpcap - File Format</ulink> description. Make sure to redirect the - output to STDOUT to a file. Tools like - <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>wireshark</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> - may be used to dissect and view the generated - files.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><command>tree</command> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><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> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><command>introspect</command> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>OBJECT</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>INTERFACE</replaceable></arg></term> - - <listitem><para>Show interfaces, methods, properties and - signals of the specified object (identified by its path) on - the specified service. If the interface argument is passed, the - output is limited to members of the specified - interface.</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>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 arguments, individually - formatted as strings. For details on the formatting used, see - below. To suppress output of the returned data, use the - <option>--quiet</option> option.</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="plain"><replaceable>INTERFACE</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>PROPERTY</replaceable></arg></term> - - <listitem><para>Retrieve the current value of one or more - object properties. Takes a service name, object path, - interface name and property name. Multiple properties may be - specified at once, in which case their values will be shown one - after the other, separated by newlines. The output is, by - default, in terse format. Use <option>--verbose</option> for a - more elaborate output format.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><command>set-property</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>PROPERTY</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SIGNATURE</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>ARGUMENT</replaceable></arg></term> - - <listitem><para>Set the current value of an object - property. Takes a service name, object path, interface name, - property name, property signature, followed by a list of - parameters formatted as strings.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><command>help</command></term> - - <listitem><para>Show command syntax help.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Parameter Formatting</title> - - <para>The <command>call</command> and - <command>set-property</command> commands take a signature string - followed by a list of parameters formatted as string (for details - on D-Bus signature strings, see the <ulink - url="http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#type-system">Type - system chapter of the D-Bus specification</ulink>). For simple - types, each parameter following the signature should simply be the - parameter's value formatted as string. Positive boolean values may - be formatted as <literal>true</literal>, <literal>yes</literal>, - <literal>on</literal>, or <literal>1</literal>; negative boolean - values may be specified as <literal>false</literal>, - <literal>no</literal>, <literal>off</literal>, or - <literal>0</literal>. For arrays, a numeric argument for the - number of entries followed by the entries shall be specified. For - variants, the signature of the contents shall be specified, - followed by the contents. For dictionaries and structs, the - contents of them shall be directly specified.</para> - - <para>For example, - <programlisting>s jawoll</programlisting> is the formatting - of a single string <literal>jawoll</literal>.</para> - - <para> - <programlisting>as 3 hello world foobar</programlisting> - is the formatting of a string array with three entries, - <literal>hello</literal>, <literal>world</literal> and - <literal>foobar</literal>.</para> - - <para> - <programlisting>a{sv} 3 One s Eins Two u 2 Yes b true</programlisting> - is the formatting of a dictionary - array that maps strings to variants, consisting of three - entries. The string <literal>One</literal> is assigned the - string <literal>Eins</literal>. The string - <literal>Two</literal> is assigned the 32-bit unsigned - integer 2. The string <literal>Yes</literal> is assigned a - positive boolean.</para> - - <para>Note that the <command>call</command>, - <command>get-property</command>, <command>introspect</command> - commands will also generate output in this format for the returned - data. Since this format is sometimes too terse to be easily - understood, the <command>call</command> and - <command>get-property</command> commands may generate a more - verbose, multi-line output when passed the - <option>--verbose</option> option.</para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>Examples</title> - - <example> - <title>Write and Read a Property</title> - - <para>The following two commands first write a property and then - read it back. The property is found on the - <literal>/org/freedesktop/systemd1</literal> object of the - <literal>org.freedesktop.systemd1</literal> service. The name of - the property is <literal>LogLevel</literal> on the - <literal>org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager</literal> - interface. The property contains a single string:</para> - - <programlisting># busctl set-property org.freedesktop.systemd1 /org/freedesktop/systemd1 org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager LogLevel s debug -# busctl get-property org.freedesktop.systemd1 /org/freedesktop/systemd1 org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager LogLevel -s "debug"</programlisting> - - </example> - - <example> - <title>Terse and Verbose Output</title> - - <para>The following two commands read a property that contains - an array of strings, and first show it in terse format, followed - by verbose format:</para> - - <programlisting>$ busctl get-property org.freedesktop.systemd1 /org/freedesktop/systemd1 org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager Environment -as 2 "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin" -$ busctl get-property --verbose org.freedesktop.systemd1 /org/freedesktop/systemd1 org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager Environment -ARRAY "s" { - STRING "LANG=en_US.UTF-8"; - STRING "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"; -};</programlisting> - </example> - - <example> - <title>Invoking a Method</title> - - <para>The following command invokes the - <literal>StartUnit</literal> method on the - <literal>org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager</literal> - interface of the - <literal>/org/freedesktop/systemd1</literal> object - of the <literal>org.freedesktop.systemd1</literal> - service, and passes it two strings - <literal>cups.service</literal> and - <literal>replace</literal>. As a result of the method - call, a single object path parameter is received and - shown:</para> - - <programlisting># busctl call org.freedesktop.systemd1 /org/freedesktop/systemd1 org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager StartUnit ss "cups.service" "replace" -o "/org/freedesktop/systemd1/job/42684"</programlisting> - </example> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>See Also</title> - - <para> - <citerefentry project='dbus'><refentrytitle>dbus-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus">D-Bus</ulink>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>wireshark</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> - </para> - </refsect1> -</refentry> |