sd_bus_message_new_signal(3) — Linux manual page

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SD_BUS_M...EW_SIGNAL(3) sd_bus_message_new_signalSD_BUS_M...EW_SIGNAL(3)

NAME         top

       sd_bus_message_new_signal, sd_bus_message_new_signal_to - Create
       a signal message

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <systemd/sd-bus.h>

       int sd_bus_message_new_signal(sd_bus *bus, sd_bus_message **m,
                                     const char *path,
                                     const char *interface,
                                     const char *member);

       int sd_bus_message_new_signal_to(sd_bus *bus, sd_bus_message **m,
                                        const char *destination,
                                        const char *path,
                                        const char *interface,
                                        const char *member);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The sd_bus_message_new_signal() function creates a new bus
       message object that encapsulates a D-Bus signal, and returns it
       in the m output parameter. The signal will be sent to path path,
       on the interface interface, member member. When this message is
       sent, no reply is expected. See sd_bus_message_new_method_call(1)
       for a short description of the meaning of the path, interface,
       and member parameters.

       sd_bus_message_new_signal_to() is a shorthand for creating a new
       bus message to a specific destination. It's behavior is similar
       to calling sd_bus_message_new_signal() followed by calling
       sd_bus_message_set_destination(3).

RETURN VALUE         top

       This function returns 0 if the message object was successfully
       created, and a negative errno-style error code otherwise.

   Errors
       Returned errors may indicate the following problems:

       -EINVAL
           The output parameter m is NULL.

           The path parameter is not a valid D-Bus path
           ("/an/object/path"), the interface parameter is not a valid
           D-Bus interface name ("an.interface.name"), or the member
           parameter is not a valid D-Bus member ("Name").

       -ENOTCONN
           The bus parameter bus is NULL or the bus is not connected.

       -ENOMEM
           Memory allocation failed.

NOTES         top

       Functions described here are available as a shared library, which
       can be compiled against and linked to with the
       libsystemd pkg-config(1) file.

       The code described here uses getenv(3), which is declared to be
       not multi-thread-safe. This means that the code calling the
       functions described here must not call setenv(3) from a parallel
       thread. It is recommended to only do calls to setenv() from an
       early phase of the program when no other threads have been
       started.

EXAMPLES         top

       Example 1. Send a simple signal

           /* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */

           #include <systemd/sd-bus.h>
           #define _cleanup_(f) __attribute__((cleanup(f)))

           int send_unit_files_changed(sd_bus *bus) {
             _cleanup_(sd_bus_message_unrefp) sd_bus_message *message = NULL;
             int r;

             r = sd_bus_message_new_signal(bus, &message,
                                           "/org/freedesktop/systemd1",
                                           "org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager",
                                           "UnitFilesChanged");
             if (r < 0)
               return r;

             return sd_bus_send(bus, message, NULL);
           }

       This function in systemd sources is used to emit the
       "UnitFilesChanged" signal when the unit files have been changed.

SEE ALSO         top

       systemd(1), sd-bus(3), sd_bus_emit_signal(3)
       sd_bus_message_set_destination(3)

COLOPHON         top

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