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authorDaan De Meyer <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com>2020-04-23 20:40:30 +0200
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2020-04-23 22:38:44 +0200
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sd-bus: Add sd_bus_send_to docs
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diff --git a/man/sd_bus_send.xml b/man/sd_bus_send.xml
index 659fa2a86c..2cdf436db2 100644
--- a/man/sd_bus_send.xml
+++ b/man/sd_bus_send.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
<refnamediv>
<refname>sd_bus_send</refname>
+ <refname>sd_bus_send_to</refname>
<refpurpose>Queue a D-Bus message for transfer</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
@@ -32,35 +33,48 @@
<paramdef>sd_bus_message *<parameter>m</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>uint64_t *<parameter>cookie</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_send_to</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus_message *<parameter>m</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>destination</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>uint64_t *<parameter>cookie</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para><function>sd_bus_send()</function> queues the bus message object <parameter>m</parameter>
- for transfer. If <parameter>bus</parameter> is <constant>NULL</constant>, the bus that
- <parameter>m</parameter> is attached to is used. <parameter>bus</parameter> only needs to be set
- when the message is sent to a different bus than the one it's attached to, for example when
- forwarding messages. If the output parameter <parameter>cookie</parameter> is not
- <constant>NULL</constant>, it is set to the message identifier. This value can later be used to
- match incoming replies to their corresponding messages. If <parameter>cookie</parameter> is set
- to <constant>NULL</constant> and the message is not sealed, <function>sd_bus_send()</function>
- assumes the message <parameter>m</parameter> doesn't expect a reply and adds the necessary
- headers to indicate this.</para>
+ <para><function>sd_bus_send()</function> queues the bus message object <parameter>m</parameter> for
+ transfer. If <parameter>bus</parameter> is <constant>NULL</constant>, the bus that
+ <parameter>m</parameter> is attached to is used. <parameter>bus</parameter> only needs to be set when the
+ message is sent to a different bus than the one it's attached to, for example when forwarding messages.
+ If the output parameter <parameter>cookie</parameter> is not <constant>NULL</constant>, it is set to the
+ message identifier. This value can later be used to match incoming replies to their corresponding
+ messages. If <parameter>cookie</parameter> is set to <constant>NULL</constant> and the message is not
+ sealed, <function>sd_bus_send()</function> assumes the message <parameter>m</parameter> doesn't expect a
+ reply and adds the necessary headers to indicate this.</para>
<para>Note that in most scenarios, <function>sd_bus_send()</function> should not be called
directly. Instead, use higher level functions such as
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call_method</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_reply_method_return</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
which call <function>sd_bus_send()</function> internally.</para>
+
+ <para><function>sd_bus_send_to()</function> is a shorthand for sending a message to a specific
+ destination. It's main use case is to simplify sending unicast signal messages (signals that only have a
+ single receiver). It's behavior is similar to calling
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_set_destination</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ followed by calling <function>sd_bus_send()</function>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Return Value</title>
- <para>On success, this function returns a non-negative integer. On failure, it returns a
- negative errno-style error code.</para>
+ <para>On success, these functions return a non-negative integer. On failure, they return a negative
+ errno-style error code.</para>
<refsect2 id='errors'>
<title>Errors</title>
@@ -85,8 +99,8 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ECHILD</constant></term>
- <listitem><para>The bus connection was allocated in a parent process and is being reused
- in a child process after <function>fork()</function>.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>The bus connection was allocated in a parent process and is being reused in a child
+ process after <function>fork()</function>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -128,8 +142,7 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call_method</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_set_destination</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_reply_method_return</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_send_to</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_reply_method_return</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>