1DBUS-RUN-SESSION(1) User Commands DBUS-RUN-SESSION(1)
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6 dbus-run-session - start a process as a new D-Bus session
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9 dbus-run-session [--config-file FILENAME] [--dbus-daemon BINARY] [--]
10 PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...]
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12 dbus-run-session --help
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14 dbus-run-session --version
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17 dbus-run-session is used to start a session bus instance of dbus-daemon
18 from a shell script, and start a specified program in that session. The
19 dbus-daemon will run for as long as the program does, after which it
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22 One use is to run a shell with its own dbus-daemon in a text‐mode or
23 SSH session, and have the dbus-daemon terminate automatically on
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26 dbus-run-session -- bash
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28 or to replace the login shell altogether, by combining dbus-run-session
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31 exec dbus-run-session -- bash
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33 Another use is to run regression tests and similar things in an
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35 D-Bus session or relying on there already being a D-Bus session active,
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38 dbus-run-session -- make check
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42 AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = export MY_DEBUG=all;
43 LOG_COMPILER = dbus-run-session
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47 --config-file=FILENAME, --config-file FILENAME
48 Pass --config-file=FILENAME to the bus daemon, instead of passing
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51 --dbus-daemon=BINARY, --dbus-daemon BINARY
52 Run BINARY as dbus-daemon(1), instead of searching the PATH in the
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55 --help
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59 Print the version of dbus-run-session and exit.
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62 dbus-run-session exits with the exit status of PROGRAM, 0 if the --help
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67 PATH is searched to find PROGRAM, and (if the --dbus-daemon option is
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83 dbus-daemon(1), dbus-launch(1)
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