Execute a command or a script on selected D-Bus signals.
dbus-listen - execute a command on D-Bus signals
Usage: dbus-listen [--session | --system | --starter | --address ADDRESS]
[--sender SEND] [--destination DEST] [--path PATH]
[--path-namespace NSPATH] [--interface IFACE]
[--member MEMBER] [-v|--verbose] CMD
dbus-listen executes CMD on selected D-Bus signals
Available options:
--session Connect to the bus specified in the environment
variable DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS (this is the
default behavior)
--system Connect to the bus specified in the environment
variable DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS, or to
unix:path=/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket if
DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS is not set
--starter Connect to the bus specified in the environment
variable DBUS_STARTER_ADDRESS
--address ADDRESS Connect to the bus at the specified address ADDRESS
--sender SEND If set, only receives signals sent from the given bus
name
--destination DEST If set, only receives signals sent to the given bus
name
--path PATH If set, only receives signals sent with the given
path
--path-namespace NSPATH If set, only receives signals sent with the given
path or any of its children
--interface IFACE If set, only receives signals sent with the given
interface name
--member MEMBER If set, only receives signals sent with the given
member name
-v,--verbose Enable verbose mode
-h,--help Show this help text
To just monitor D-Bus signals one can use --verbose flag and give no-op : as
the executed command. For instance, to monitor all system D-Bus signals:
dbus-listen --verbose --system :
cabal build
nix-build
The resulting executable is in result/bin/dbus-listen. To get a nix shell with
the dependencies:
nix-shell