DBUS

CLI Usage

• DBUS - List Registered Services:

    # List system services
    dbus-send --system --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus --type=method_call --print-reply \
    /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.ListNames | grep -v '":'
  
    # List session services
    dbus-send --session --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus --type=method_call --print-reply \
    /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.ListNames | grep -v '":'
  

• DBUS - Registry Locations:

    /usr/share/dbus-1/services/*.service
    /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/*.service
    /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/*.xml
  

• DBUS - Call RPC:

    dbus-send --session --dest=<class> <namespace> <method> [<parameters>]
  

  Example

    dbus-send --session --dest=org.gnome.feed.Reader \
      /org/gnome/feed/Reader \
      org.gnome.feed.Reader.Subscribe \
      string:http://osnews.com/files/recent.rdf