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24 <refentry id="systemd-bus-proxyd">
25
26   <refentryinfo>
27     <title>systemd-bus-proxyd</title>
28     <productname>systemd</productname>
29
30     <authorgroup>
31       <author>
32         <contrib>Developer</contrib>
33         <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
34         <surname>Poettering</surname>
35         <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
36       </author>
37     </authorgroup>
38   </refentryinfo>
39
40   <refmeta>
41     <refentrytitle>systemd-bus-proxyd</refentrytitle>
42     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
43   </refmeta>
44
45   <refnamediv>
46     <refname>systemd-bus-proxyd</refname>
47     <refpurpose>Connect STDIO or a socket to a given bus address</refpurpose>
48   </refnamediv>
49
50   <refsynopsisdiv>
51     <cmdsynopsis>
52       <command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-bus-proxyd</command>
53       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
54       <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>PLACEHOLDER</replaceable></arg>
55     </cmdsynopsis>
56   </refsynopsisdiv>
57
58   <refsect1>
59     <title>Description</title>
60
61     <para><command>systemd-bus-proxyd</command> will proxy D-Bus
62     messages to and from a bus. The will be either the system bus or
63     the bus specified with <option>--address</option> when that option
64     is given. Messages will be proxied to/from stdin and stdout, or
65     the socket received through socket activation.</para>
66
67     <para>This program can be used to connect a program using classic
68     D-Bus to kdbus.</para>
69   </refsect1>
70
71   <refsect1>
72     <title>Options and Arguments</title>
73
74     <para>The following options are understood:</para>
75
76     <variablelist>
77       <varlistentry>
78         <term><option>--address=<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable><optional>:<replaceable>ADDRESS...</replaceable></optional></option></term>
79
80         <listitem>
81           <para>Connect to the bus specified by
82           <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable>. Multiple colon-seperated
83           addresses can be specified, in which case
84           <command>systemd-bus-proxyd</command> will attempt to
85           connect to them in turn.</para>
86         </listitem>
87       </varlistentry>
88
89       <varlistentry>
90         <term><option>--version</option></term>
91
92         <listitem>
93           <para>Prints a short version string and exits.</para>
94         </listitem>
95       </varlistentry>
96
97       <varlistentry>
98         <term><option>-h</option></term>
99         <term><option>--help</option></term>
100
101         <listitem><para>Prints a short help
102         text and exits.</para></listitem>
103       </varlistentry>
104     </variablelist>
105
106     <para><replaceable>PLACEHOLDER</replaceable> if given must be a string
107     of <literal>x</literal> and will be used to display information about
108     the process that <command>systemd-bus-proxyd</command> is forwarding
109     messages for.</para>
110   </refsect1>
111
112   <refsect1>
113     <title>See Also</title>
114
115     <para>
116       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>dbus-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
117       <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus">D-Bus</ulink>
118       <ulink url="https://code.google.com/p/d-bus/">kdbus</ulink>
119     </para>
120   </refsect1>
121 </refentry>