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authorPhilip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>2003-06-21 22:20:30 +0000
committerPhilip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>2003-06-21 22:20:30 +0000
commit8e99e853a7abbb5344240c35b66853eeaedca48e (patch)
treef6dc05600c12ce8f4d38836eddfe4ec4ea4975f9 /tools/dbus-monitor.1
parented70a30a727280a07a5964107bf9ee11f65ce478 (diff)
2003-06-21 Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
* tools/dbus-monitor.1: Updated. * tools/dbus-send.1: Likewise.
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dbus-monitor \- debug probe to print message bus messages
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
.B dbus-monitor
-[\-\-system]
+[\-\-system | \-\-session]
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ the big picture.
There are two well-known message buses: the systemwide message bus
(installed on many systems as the "messagebus" service) and the
per-user-login-session message bus (started each time a user logs in).
-\fIdbus-monitor\fP by default monitors the session bus; to monitor the
-system bus, specify \-\-system.
+The \-\-system and \-\-session options direct \fIdbus-monitor\fP to
+monitor the system or session buses respectively. If neither is
+specified, \fIdbus-monitor\fP monitors the session bus.
.PP
The message bus configuration may keep \fIdbus-monitor\fP from seeing
@@ -31,7 +32,10 @@ all messages, especially if you run the monitor as a non-root user.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I "--system"
-Use the system message bus instead of the session bus.
+Monitor the system message bus.
+.TP
+.I "--session"
+Monitor the session message bus. (This is the default.)
.SH AUTHOR
dbus-monitor was written by Philip Blundell.