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authorHavoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com>2003-05-04 08:54:24 +0000
committerHavoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com>2003-05-04 08:54:24 +0000
commitdf01c98cc7e83f3336e501fcf2eeee52c95464fb (patch)
treee92ccc82056908b25eb9cab6e9ad763b8febd9dc /bus/dbus-daemon-1.1.in
parentc0158234d046381a6bc8c004c82577576977d0d7 (diff)
2003-05-04 Havoc Pennington <hp@pobox.com>
* tools/dbus-launch.c: implement * bus/main.c (main), bus/bus.c (bus_context_new): implement --print-pid and --fork
Diffstat (limited to 'bus/dbus-daemon-1.1.in')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bus/dbus-daemon-1.1.in b/bus/dbus-daemon-1.1.in
index 3339aebc..73a88c90 100644
--- a/bus/dbus-daemon-1.1.in
+++ b/bus/dbus-daemon-1.1.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dbus-daemon-1 \- Message bus daemon
.PP
.B dbus-daemon-1
dbus-daemon-1 [\-\-version] [\-\-session] [\-\-system] [\-\-config-file=FILE]
-[\-\-print-address[=DESCRIPTOR]]
+[\-\-print-address[=DESCRIPTOR]] [\-\-print-pid[=DESCRIPTOR]] [\-\-fork]
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -62,11 +62,22 @@ The following options are supported:
.I "--config-file=FILE"
Use the given configuration file.
.TP
+.I "--fork"
+Force the message bus to fork and become a daemon, even if
+the configuration file does not specify that it should.
+In most contexts the configuration file already gets this
+right, though.
+.TP
.I "--print-address[=DESCRIPTOR]"
Print the address of the message bus to standard output, or
to the given file descriptor. This is used by programs that
launch the message bus.
.TP
+.I "--print-pid[=DESCRIPTOR]"
+Print the process ID of the message bus to standard output, or
+to the given file descriptor. This is used by programs that
+launch the message bus.
+.TP
.I "--session"
Use the standard configuration file for the per-login-session message
bus.
@@ -185,7 +196,8 @@ privileges for writing.
.PP
If present, the bus daemon becomes a real daemon (forks
-into the background, etc.).
+into the background, etc.). This is generally used
+rather than the \-\-fork command line option.
.TP
.I "<listen>"