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diff --git a/man/busctl.xml b/man/busctl.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3fdef7bd4d --- /dev/null +++ b/man/busctl.xml @@ -0,0 +1,239 @@ +<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> +<!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"> + + <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>-h</option></term> + <term><option>--help</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Print a short help text and exit. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--version</option></term> + + <listitem> + <para>Print a short version string and exit.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--no-pager</option></term> + + <listitem> + <para>Do not pipe output into a pager.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--system</option></term> + + <listitem> + <para>Talk to the systemd system manager (the + default).</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--user</option></term> + + <listitem> + <para>Talk to the systemd manager of the calling + user.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>-H</option></term> + <term><option>--host</option></term> + + <listitem> + <para>Execute the operation remotely. Specify a hostname, or + username and hostname separated by <literal>@</literal>, to + connect to. This will use SSH to talk to the remote systemd + instance.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>-M</option></term> + <term><option>--machine=</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Execute the operation on a local container. + Specify a container name to connect to.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <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 endpoints, 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 endpoints, 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 endpoints, show + only endpoints which haven't actually 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>.</para></listitem> + <!-- TODO: link to sd_bus_add_match when it is written? --> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Commands</title> + + <para>The following commands are understood:</para> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><command>list</command></term> + + <listitem><para>Show endpoints attached to the bus. This is + the default if no command is specified.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>monitor</command> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg></term> + + <listitem><para>Dump messages being exchanged. If + <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> is specified, show messages + to or from this endpoint. Otherwsise, show all messages on the + bus.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>status</command> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg></term> + + <listitem><para>Show process information and credentials of a + bus endpoint.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><command>help</command></term> + + <listitem><para>Show command syntax help.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>dbus-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus">D-Bus</ulink>, + <ulink url="https://code.google.com/p/d-bus/">kdbus</ulink>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-bus-proxyd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> +</refentry> |