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.TH "SD\-BUS" "3" "" "systemd 230" "sd-bus"
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.SH "NAME"
sd-bus \- A lightweight D\-Bus and kdbus client library
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.ft B
.nf
#include <systemd/sd\-bus\&.h>
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.HP \w'\fBpkg\-config\ \-\-cflags\ \-\-libs\ libsystemd\fR\ 'u
\fBpkg\-config \-\-cflags \-\-libs libsystemd\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
sd\-bus\&.h
provides an implementation of a D\-Bus client\&. It can interoperate both with the traditional
\fBdbus-daemon\fR(1), and with kdbus\&. See
\m[blue]\fB\%http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/\fR\m[]
for more information about the big picture\&.
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.PP
Interfaces described here have not been declared stable yet, and are not accessible from
libsystemd\&.so\&. This documentation is provided in hope it might be useful for developers, without any guarantees of availability or stability\&.
.sp .5v
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.PP
See
\fBsd_bus_default\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_new\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_request_name\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_start\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_message_append\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_message_append_basic\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_message_append_array\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_message_append_string_memfd\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_message_append_strv\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_message_can_send\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_message_get_cookie\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_message_get_monotonic_usec\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_send\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_set_address\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_set_description\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_set_prepare\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_creds_get_pid\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_creds_new_from_pid\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_get_name_creds\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_get_owner_creds\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_negotiate_fds\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_path_encode\fR(3),
\fBsd-bus-errors\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_error\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_error_add_map\fR(3),
\fBsd_bus_set_allow_interactive_authorization\fR(3)
for more information about the functions available\&.
.SH "NOTES"
.PP
These APIs are implemented as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the
\fBlibsystemd\fR\ \&\fBpkg-config\fR(1)
file\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBsystemd\fR(1),
\fBsd-event\fR(3),
\fBdbus-daemon\fR(1),
\fBdbus-send\fR(1),
\m[blue]\fBgdbus\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
gdbus
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\%https://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/gdbus.html
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