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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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