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SDBUSSTART(3) sd_bus_start SDBUSSTART(3)
NAME top
sd_bus_start - Initiate a bus connection to the D-bus broker
daemon
SYNOPSIS top
**#include <systemd/sd-bus.h>**
**int sd_bus_start(sd_bus ***_bus_**);**
DESCRIPTION top
**sd_bus_start()** connects an existing bus connection object to the
D-Bus broker daemon, usually **dbus-daemon**(1) or **dbus-broker**(1). The
mechanism to use for the connection must be configured before the
call to **sd_bus_start()**, using one of [sd_bus_set_address(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Faddress.3.html),
[sd_bus_set_fd(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Ffd.3.html), or [sd_bus_set_exec(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Fexec.3.html). **sd_bus_start()** will open
the connection socket or spawn the executable as needed, and
asynchronously start a **org.freedesktop.DBus.Hello()** call. The
answer to the Hello call will be processed later from
[sd_bus_process(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fprocess.3.html). If opening of the connection or queuing of the
asynchronous call fail, the connection will be closed with
[sd_bus_close(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fclose.3.html).
In most cases, it is better to use [sd_bus_default_user(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fdefault%5Fuser.3.html),
[sd_bus_default_system(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fdefault%5Fsystem.3.html) or related calls instead of the more
low-level **sd_bus_new()** and **sd_bus_start()**. The higher-level
functions not only allocate a bus object but also start the
connection to a well-known bus in a single function call.
RETURN VALUE top
On success, this function returns a non-negative integer. On
failure, it returns a negative errno-style error code.
Errors -EINVAL The input parameter bus is NULL.
Added in version 246.
**-ENOPKG**
Bus object _bus_ could not be resolved.
Added in version 246.
**-EPERM**
The input parameter _bus_ is in a wrong state (**sd_bus_start()**
may only be called once on a newly-created bus object).
Added in version 246.
**-ECHILD**
The bus object _bus_ was created in a different process.
Added in version 246.
In addition, other connection-related errors may be returned. See
[sd_bus_send(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fsend.3.html).
NOTES top
Functions described here are available as a shared library, which
can be compiled against and linked to with the
**libsystemd pkg-config**(1) file.
The code described here uses [getenv(3)](../man3/getenv.3.html), which is declared to be
not multi-thread-safe. This means that the code calling the
functions described here must not call [setenv(3)](../man3/setenv.3.html) from a parallel
thread. It is recommended to only do calls to **setenv()** from an
early phase of the program when no other threads have been
started.
HISTORY top
**sd_bus_start()** was added in version 246.
SEE ALSO top
[systemd(1)](../man1/systemd.1.html), [sd-bus(3)](../man3/sd-bus.3.html), [sd_bus_default(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fdefault.3.html), [sd_bus_call_async(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fcall%5Fasync.3.html)
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