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diff --git a/tools/dbus-monitor.1 b/tools/dbus-monitor.1 index d6a780dd..6a8a2126 100644 --- a/tools/dbus-monitor.1 +++ b/tools/dbus-monitor.1 @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ dbus-monitor \- debug probe to print message bus messages .PP .B dbus-monitor [\-\-system | \-\-session] +[watch expressions] .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ 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 +In order to get \fIdbus-monitor\fP to see the messages you are interested +in, you should specify a set of watch expressions as you would expect to +be passed to the \fIdbus_bus_add_watch\fP function. + .PP The message bus configuration may keep \fIdbus-monitor\fP from seeing all messages, especially if you run the monitor as a non-root user. @@ -37,6 +43,15 @@ Monitor the system message bus. .I "--session" Monitor the session message bus. (This is the default.) +.SH EXAMPLE +Here is an example of using dbus-monitor to watch for the gnome typing +monitor to say things +.nf + + dbus-monitor "type='signal',sender='org.gnome.TypingMonitor',interface='org.gnome.TypingMonitor'" + +.fi + .SH AUTHOR dbus-monitor was written by Philip Blundell. |