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diff --git a/doc/dbus-monitor.1 b/doc/dbus-monitor.1 index c24c14d9..6282b9eb 100644 --- a/doc/dbus-monitor.1 +++ b/doc/dbus-monitor.1 @@ -1,78 +1,78 @@ .\" -.\" dbus-monitor manual page. +.\" dbus\-monitor manual page. .\" Copyright (C) 2003 Red Hat, Inc. .\" -.TH dbus-monitor 1 +.TH dbus\-monitor 1 .SH NAME -dbus-monitor \- debug probe to print message bus messages +dbus\-monitor \- debug probe to print message bus messages .SH SYNOPSIS .PP -.B dbus-monitor +.B dbus\-monitor [\-\-system | \-\-session | \-\-address ADDRESS] [\-\-profile | \-\-monitor] [watch expressions] .SH DESCRIPTION -The \fIdbus-monitor\fP command is used to monitor messages going -through a D-Bus message bus. See +The \fIdbus\-monitor\fP command is used to monitor messages going +through a D\-Bus message bus. See http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/ for more information about the big picture. .PP -There are two well-known message buses: the systemwide message bus +There are two well\-known message buses: the systemwide message bus (installed on many systems as the "messagebus" service) and the -per-user-login-session message bus (started each time a user logs in). -The \-\-system and \-\-session options direct \fIdbus-monitor\fP to +per\-user\-login\-session message bus (started each time a user logs in). +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. +specified, \fIdbus\-monitor\fP monitors the session bus. .PP -\fIdbus-monitor\fP has two different output modes, the 'classic'-style +\fIdbus\-monitor\fP has two different output modes, the 'classic'\-style monitoring mode and profiling mode. The profiling format is a compact -format with a single line per message and microsecond-resolution timing +format with a single line per message and microsecond\-resolution timing information. The \-\-profile and \-\-monitor options select the profiling and monitoring output format respectively. If neither is specified, -\fIdbus-monitor\fP uses the monitoring output format. +\fIdbus\-monitor\fP uses the monitoring output format. .PP -In order to get \fIdbus-monitor\fP to see the messages you are interested +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_match\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. +The message bus configuration may keep \fIdbus\-monitor\fP from seeing +all messages, especially if you run the monitor as a non\-root user. .SH OPTIONS .TP -.I "--system" +.I "\-\-system" Monitor the system message bus. .TP -.I "--session" +.I "\-\-session" Monitor the session message bus. (This is the default.) .TP -.I "--address ADDRESS" +.I "\-\-address ADDRESS" Monitor an arbitrary message bus given at ADDRESS. .TP -.I "--profile" +.I "\-\-profile" Use the profiling output format. .TP -.I "--monitor" +.I "\-\-monitor" Use the monitoring output format. (This is the default.) .SH EXAMPLE -Here is an example of using dbus-monitor to watch for the gnome typing +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'" + dbus\-monitor "type='signal',sender='org.gnome.TypingMonitor',interface='org.gnome.TypingMonitor'" .fi .SH AUTHOR -dbus-monitor was written by Philip Blundell. +dbus\-monitor was written by Philip Blundell. The profiling output mode was added by Olli Salli. .SH BUGS -Please send bug reports to the D-Bus mailing list or bug tracker, +Please send bug reports to the D\-Bus mailing list or bug tracker, see http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/ |