DBUS-RUN-SESSION(1) User Commands DBUS-RUN-SESSION(1)NAME
dbus-run-session - start a process as a new D-Bus session
SYNOPSIS
dbus-run-session [--config-file FILENAME] [--dbus-daemon BINARY] [--]
PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...]
dbus-run-session --help
dbus-run-session --version
DESCRIPTION
dbus-run-session is used to start a session bus instance of dbus-daemon
from a shell script, and start a specified program in that session. The
dbus-daemon will run for as long as the program does, after which it
will terminate.
One use is to run a shell with its own dbus-daemon in a text‐mode or
SSH session, and have the dbus-daemon terminate automatically on
leaving the sub‐shell, like this:
dbus-run-session -- bash
or to replace the login shell altogether, by combining dbus-run-session
with the exec builtin:
exec dbus-run-session -- bash
Another use is to run regression tests and similar things in an
isolated D-Bus session, to avoid either interfering with the "real"
D-Bus session or relying on there already being a D-Bus session active,
for instance:
dbus-run-session -- make check
or (in automake(1)):
TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = MY_DEBUG=all dbus-run-session --
OPTIONS
--config-file=FILENAME, --config-file FILENAME
Pass --config-file=FILENAME to the bus daemon, instead of passing
it the --session argument. See dbus-daemon(1).
--dbus-daemon=BINARY, --dbus-daemon BINARY
Run BINARY as dbus-daemon(1), instead of searching the PATH in the
usual way for an executable called dbus-daemon.
--help
Print usage information and exit.
--version
Print the version of dbus-run-session and exit.
EXIT STATUS
dbus-run-session exits with the exit status of PROGRAM, 0 if the --help
or --version options were used, 127 on an error within dbus-run-session
itself, or 128+n if the PROGRAM was killed by signal n.
ENVIRONMENT
PATH is searched to find PROGRAM, and (if the --dbus-daemon option is
not used or its argument does not contain a / character) to find
dbus-daemon.
The session bus' address is made available to PROGRAM in the
environment variable DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS.
The variables DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID, DBUS_SESSION_BUS_WINDOWID,
DBUS_STARTER_BUS_TYPE and DBUS_STARTER_ADDRESS are removed from the
environment, if present.
BUGS
Please send bug reports to the D-Bus mailing list or bug tracker, see
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/
SEE ALSOdbus-daemon(1), dbus-launch(1)D-Bus 1.8.0 01/20/2014 DBUS-RUN-SESSION(1)
