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6<refentry id="sd_bus_set_watch_bind"
7 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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9 <refentryinfo>
10 <title>sd_bus_set_watch_bind</title>
11 <productname>systemd</productname>
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12 </refentryinfo>
13
14 <refmeta>
15 <refentrytitle>sd_bus_set_watch_bind</refentrytitle>
16 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
17 </refmeta>
18
19 <refnamediv>
20 <refname>sd_bus_set_watch_bind</refname>
21 <refname>sd_bus_get_watch_bind</refname>
22
23 <refpurpose>Control socket binding watching on bus connections</refpurpose>
24 </refnamediv>
25
26 <refsynopsisdiv>
27 <funcsynopsis>
28 <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-bus.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
29
30 <funcprototype>
31 <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_set_watch_bind</function></funcdef>
32 <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
33 <paramdef>int <parameter>b</parameter></paramdef>
34 </funcprototype>
35
36 <funcprototype>
37 <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_get_watch_bind</function></funcdef>
38 <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
39 </funcprototype>
40
41 </funcsynopsis>
42 </refsynopsisdiv>
43
44 <refsect1>
45 <title>Description</title>
46
47 <para><function>sd_bus_set_watch_bind()</function> may be used to enable or disable client-side watching of server
48 socket binding for a bus connection object. If the <parameter>b</parameter> is true, the feature is enabled,
49 otherwise disabled (which is the default). When enabled, and the selected bus address refers to an
50 <filename>AF_UNIX</filename> socket in the file system which does not exist while the connection attempt is made an
51 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> watch is installed on
52 it, waiting for the socket to appear. As soon as the socket appears the connection is made. This functionality is
53 useful in particular in early-boot programs that need to run before the system bus is available, but want to
54 connect to it the instant it may be connected to.</para>
55
56 <para><function>sd_bus_get_watch_bind()</function> may be used to query the current setting of this feature. It
57 returns zero when the feature is disabled, and positive if enabled.</para>
58
59 <para>Note that no timeout is applied while it is waited for the socket to appear. This means that any synchronous
60 remote operation (such as
61 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
62 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> or
63 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_request_name</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>), that is
64 used on a connection with this feature enabled that is not established yet might block unbounded if the socket is
65 never created. However, asynchronous remote operations (such as
66 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_send</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
67 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_add_match_async</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> or
68 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_request_match_async</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>) do
69 not block in this case, and safely enqueue the requested operations to be dispatched the instant the connection is
70 set up.</para>
71
72 <para>Use <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_is_ready</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> to
73 determine whether the connection is fully established, i.e. whether the peer socket has been bound, connected to
74 and authenticated. Use
75 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_set_connected_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> to
76 be notified when the connection is fully established.</para>
77
78 </refsect1>
79
80 <refsect1>
81 <title>Return Value</title>
82
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83 <para>On success, these functions return 0 or a positive integer. On failure, they return a negative
84 errno-style error code.</para>
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86 <refsect2>
87 <title>Errors</title>
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b1de39de 89 <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
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91 <variablelist>
92 <varlistentry>
93 <term><constant>-ECHILD</constant></term>
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95 <listitem><para>The bus connection has been created in a different process.</para></listitem>
96 </varlistentry>
97 </variablelist>
98 </refsect2>
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99 </refsect1>
100
7647c01d 101 <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />
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103 <refsect1>
104 <title>See Also</title>
105
106 <para>
107 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
108 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
109 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
110 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
111 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
112 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_request_name</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
113 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_is_ready</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
114 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_set_connected_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
115 </para>
116 </refsect1>
117
118</refentry>