1. dbusnotify(1)
  3. dbusnotify(1)

NAME

dbusnotify - Send a notification message to DBUS

SYNOPSIS

dbusnotify [-a app | --app app] [-i iconpath | --icon iconpath] [-t title | --title title] [-T timeout | --timeout timeout ] [string]

DESCRIPTION

dbusnotify sends a message to the org.freedesktop.Notifications DBUS service, via the DBUS session bus, resulting in popup message on the current UI graphical session window on a compliant BSD or Linux system.

In effect, dbusnotify is like echo(1), except that the output is emitted through DBUS.

OPTIONS

-a app, --app=app, --app app

The name of the application issuing the message. Default: "dbusnotify"

-i iconpath, --icon=iconpath, --icon iconpath

The path to the icon to use when displaying the message. Default: No icon.

-t title, --title=title, --title title

The title (or summary) for the notification message. Default: "Alert"

-T timeout, --timeout=timeout, --timeout timeout

The timeout, or length of time the message should be displayed. Note that this parameter isn't always honored. Default: System dependent.

SEE ALSO

dbus-send(1)

AUTHOR

Brian M. Clapper, bmc@clapper.org

Copyright © 2011 Brian M. Clapper

LICENSE

dbusnotify is released under a BSD license.

  2. May 2011
  3. dbusnotify(1)