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6 dbus-cleanup-sockets - clean up leftover sockets in a directory
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9 dbus-cleanup-sockets [DIRECTORY]
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13 The dbus-cleanup-sockets command cleans up unused D-Bus connection
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17 If given no arguments, dbus-cleanup-sockets cleans up sockets in the
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19 message bus; this is usually /tmp. Optionally, you can pass a different
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22 On Linux, this program is essentially useless, because D-Bus defaults
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28 D-Bus connections. Thus, it might be interesting to run
29 dbus-cleanup-sockets in a cron job to mop up any leaked sockets. Or you
30 can just ignore the leaked sockets, they aren't really hurting
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