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Diffstat (limited to 'bus/dbus-daemon-1.1.in')
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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>" |