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.TH "SD_BUS_SET_WATCH_BIND" "3" "" "elogind 246.9.1" "sd_bus_set_watch_bind"
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.SH "NAME"
sd_bus_set_watch_bind, sd_bus_get_watch_bind \- Control socket binding watching on bus connections
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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#include <elogind/sd\-bus\&.h>
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.HP \w'int\ sd_bus_set_watch_bind('u
.BI "int sd_bus_set_watch_bind(sd_bus\ *" "bus" ", int\ " "b" ");"
.HP \w'int\ sd_bus_get_watch_bind('u
.BI "int sd_bus_get_watch_bind(sd_bus\ *" "bus" ");"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBsd_bus_set_watch_bind()\fR
may be used to enable or disable client\-side watching of server socket binding for a bus connection object\&. If the
\fIb\fR
is true, the feature is enabled, otherwise disabled (which is the default)\&. When enabled, and the selected bus address refers to an
AF_UNIX
socket in the file system which does not exist while the connection attempt is made an
\fBinotify\fR(7)
watch is installed on it, waiting for the socket to appear\&. As soon as the socket appears the connection is made\&. This functionality is useful in particular in early\-boot programs that need to run before the system bus is available, but want to connect to it the instant it may be connected to\&.
.PP
\fBsd_bus_get_watch_bind()\fR
may be used to query the current setting of this feature\&. It returns zero when the feature is disabled, and positive if enabled\&.
.PP
Note that no timeout is applied while we wait for the socket to appear\&. This means that any synchronous remote operation (such as
\fBsd_bus_call\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_add_match\fR(3)
or
\fBsd_bus_request_name\fR(3)), that is used on a connection with this feature enabled that hasn\*(Aqt been established yet, might block forever if the socket is never created\&. However, asynchronous remote operations (such as
\fBsd_bus_send\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_call_async\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_add_match_async\fR(3)) do not block in this case, and safely enqueue the requested operations to be dispatched the instant the connection is set up\&.
.PP
Use
\fBsd_bus_is_ready\fR(3)
to determine whether the connection is fully established, i\&.e\&. whether the peer socket has been bound, connected to and authenticated\&. Use
\fBsd_bus_set_connected_signal\fR(3)
to be notified when the connection is fully established\&.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
On success, these functions return 0 or a positive integer\&. On failure, they return a negative errno\-style error code\&.
.SS "Errors"
.PP
Returned errors may indicate the following problems:
.PP
\fB\-ECHILD\fR
.RS 4
The bus connection has been created in a different process\&.
.RE
.SH "NOTES"
.PP
These APIs are implemented as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the
\fBlibelogind\fR\ \&\fBpkg-config\fR(1)
file\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP

\fBelogind\fR(8),

\fBsd-bus\fR(3),
\fBinotify\fR(7),
\fBsd_bus_call\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_add_match\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_request_name\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_is_ready\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_set_connected_signal\fR(3)