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<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
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<refentry id="systemd-bus-proxyd" conditional="ENABLE_KDBUS">

  <refentryinfo>
    <title>systemd-bus-proxyd</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>systemd-bus-proxyd</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>systemd-bus-proxyd</refname>
    <refpurpose>Connect STDIO or a socket to a given bus address</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-bus-proxyd</command>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
      <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>PLACEHOLDER</replaceable></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>

    <para><command>systemd-bus-proxyd</command> will proxy D-Bus
    messages to and from a bus. The will be either the system bus or
    the bus specified with <option>--address</option> when that option
    is given. Messages will be proxied to/from standard input and
    output, or the socket received through socket activation.</para>

    <para>This program can be used to connect a program using classic
    D-Bus to kdbus.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Options and Arguments</title>

    <para>The following options are understood:</para>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>--address=<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable><optional>:<replaceable>ADDRESS...</replaceable></optional></option></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Connect to the bus specified by
          <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable>. Multiple colon-seperated
          addresses can be specified, in which case
          <command>systemd-bus-proxyd</command> will attempt to
          connect to them in turn.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>--version</option></term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Prints a short version string and exits.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-h</option></term>
        <term><option>--help</option></term>

        <listitem><para>Prints a short help
        text and exits.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <para><replaceable>PLACEHOLDER</replaceable>, if given, must be a string
    of <literal>x</literal> and will be used to display information about
    the process that <command>systemd-bus-proxyd</command> is forwarding
    messages for.</para>
  </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>
    </para>
  </refsect1>
</refentry>