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+<?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">
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+
+<refentry id="sd_bus_request_name">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>sd_bus_request_name</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>sd_bus_request_name</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>sd_bus_request_name</refname>
+ <refname>sd_bus_release_name</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Request or release a well-known name on a bus</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-bus.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_request_name</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus* <parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>name</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>unsigned <parameter>flags</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_release_name</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus* <parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>name</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><function>sd_bus_request_name()</function> requests
+ a well-known name on a bus. It takes a bus connection,
+ a valid bus name and a flags parameter. The flags
+ parameter is a combination of the following
+ flags:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SD_BUS_NAME_ALLOW_REPLACEMENT</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>After acquiring the
+ name successuflly, permit other peers
+ to take over the name when they try to
+ acquire it with the
+ <varname>SD_BUS_NAME_REPLACE_EXISTING</varname>
+ flag set. If
+ <varname>SD_BUS_NAME_ALLOW_REPLACEMENT</varname>
+ is not set on the original request
+ such a request by other peers will be
+ denied.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SD_BUS_NAME_REPLACE_EXISTING</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Take over a the name
+ if it is already acquired by a another
+ peer, and that other peer permitted
+ taking it over by setting
+ <varname>SD_BUS_NAME_ALLOW_REPLACEMENT</varname>
+ while acquiring it.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SD_BUS_NAME_DO_NOT_QUEUE</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Do not queue name
+ acquisition when the name is already
+ taken.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para><function>sd_bus_release_name()</function> releases
+ an acquired well-known name. It takes a bus connection
+ and a valid bus name as parameters.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Return Value</title>
+
+ <para>On success, these calls return 0 or a positive
+ integer. On failure, these calls return a negative
+ errno-style error code.</para>
+
+ <para><function>sd_bus_request_name()</function> will
+ return 0 when the name is already taken by another
+ peer and the client has been added to the queue for
+ the name, unless
+ <varname>SD_BUS_NAME_DO_NOT_QUEUE</varname> has been
+ set. The caller can subscribe to
+ <literal>NameOwnerChanged</literal> signals to be
+ notified when the name is successfully
+ acquired. <function>sd_bus_request_name()</function> returns
+ &gt; 0 when the name has been
+ acquired successfully.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Errors</title>
+
+ <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>-EALREADY</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The caller already is
+ the owner of the specified
+ name.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>-EEXIST</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The name has already
+ been acquired by a different peer, and
+ SD_BUS_NAME_REPLACE_EXISTING was not
+ specified or the other peer did not
+ specify SD_BUS_NAME_ALLOW_REPLACEMENT
+ while acquiring the
+ name.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>-EINVAL</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>A specified parameter
+ is invalid.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>-ENOTCONN</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The bus connection has
+ been disconnected.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>-ECHILD</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The bus connection has
+ been created in a different process
+ than the current.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Notes</title>
+
+ <para>The <function>sd_bus_acquire_name()</function>
+ and <function>sd_bus_release_bame()</function>
+ interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+ be compiled and linked to with the
+ <constant>libsystemd-bus</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ file.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>