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author | Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> | 2024-08-07 21:41:20 +0200 |
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committer | Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> | 2024-08-08 10:18:41 +0200 |
commit | 989e843e7543b21b91de4368da44692d674722a5 (patch) | |
tree | fc4919ae168d3768b6359cb395bb5ebc66588fef /man/busctl.xml | |
parent | meson: enable -Wunterminated-string-initialization (diff) | |
download | systemd-989e843e7543b21b91de4368da44692d674722a5.tar.xz systemd-989e843e7543b21b91de4368da44692d674722a5.zip |
busctl: add support for --timeout to monitor verb
Useful in scripts when you want to exit successfully after a certain time
Diffstat (limited to 'man/busctl.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | man/busctl.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/busctl.xml b/man/busctl.xml index 27327ee192..0938582c8b 100644 --- a/man/busctl.xml +++ b/man/busctl.xml @@ -392,15 +392,15 @@ <term><option>--timeout=<replaceable>SECS</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> - <para>When used with the <command>call</command> command, - specifies the maximum time to wait for method call - completion. If no time unit is specified, assumes - seconds. The usual other units are understood, too (ms, us, - s, min, h, d, w, month, y). Note that this timeout does not - apply if <option>--expect-reply=no</option> is used, as the - tool does not wait for any reply message then. When not - specified or when set to 0, the default of - <literal>25s</literal> is assumed.</para> + <para>When used with the <command>call</command> command, specifies the maximum time to wait for + method call completion. When used with the <command>monitor</command> command, since version v257, + specifies the maximum time to wait for messages before automatically exiting. If no time unit is + specified, assumes seconds. The usual other units are understood, too (ms, us, s, min, h, d, w, + month, y). Note that this timeout does not apply if <option>--expect-reply=no</option> is used, + when combined with the <command>call</command> command, as the tool does not wait for any reply + message then. When not specified or when set to 0, the default of <literal>25s</literal> is + assumed for the <command>call</command> command, and it is disabled for the + <command>monitor</command> command.</para> <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v218"/> </listitem> |