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diff --git a/tools/dbus-send.1 b/tools/dbus-send.1 index 978ee2e7..725507c0 100644 --- a/tools/dbus-send.1 +++ b/tools/dbus-send.1 @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ dbus-send \- Send a message to a message bus .SH SYNOPSIS .PP .B dbus-send -[\-\-system | \-\-session] [\-\-dest=SERVICE] [\-\-print-reply] [\-\-type=TYPE] <message name> [contents ...] +[\-\-system | \-\-session] [\-\-dest=SERVICE] [\-\-print-reply] +[\-\-type=TYPE] <destination object path> <message name> [contents ...] .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -28,21 +29,22 @@ specified, \fIdbus-send\fP sends to the session bus. Nearly all uses of \fIdbus-send\fP must provide the \-\-dest argument which is the name of a service on the bus to send the message to. If \-\-dest is omitted, a default service name of -"org.freedesktop.DBus.Broadcast" is used. +"org.freedesktop.Broadcast" is used. .PP -The name of the message to send must always be specified. Following -arguments, if any, are the message contents (message arguments). -These are given as a type name, a colon, and then the value of the -argument. The possible type names are: string, int32, uint32, double, -byte, boolean. (D-BUS supports more types than these, but -\fIdbus-send\fP currently does not.) +The object path and the name of the message to send must always be +specified. Following arguments, if any, are the message contents +(message arguments). These are given as a type name, a colon, and +then the value of the argument. The possible type names are: string, +int32, uint32, double, byte, boolean. (D-BUS supports more types than +these, but \fIdbus-send\fP currently does not.) .PP Here is an example invocation: .nf dbus-send \-\-dest='org.freedesktop.ExampleService' \\ + /org/freedesktop/sample/object/name \\ org.freedesktop.ExampleInterface.ExampleMethod \\ int32:47 string:'hello world' double:65.32 |