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SD-BUS(3) sd-bus SD-BUS(3)
NAME top
sd-bus - A lightweight D-Bus IPC client librarySYNOPSIS top
**#include <systemd/sd-bus.h>**
**pkg-config --cflags --libs libsystemd**DESCRIPTION top
sd-bus.h is part of [libsystemd(3)](../man3/libsystemd.3.html) and provides an implementation
of a D-Bus IPC client. See
**https://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/** for more information
about D-Bus IPC.
See
[sd_bus_add_match(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fadd%5Fmatch.3.html),
[sd_bus_add_object(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fadd%5Fobject.3.html),
[sd_bus_add_object_manager(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fadd%5Fobject%5Fmanager.3.html),
[sd_bus_add_object_vtable(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fadd%5Fobject%5Fvtable.3.html),
[sd_bus_add_fallback(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fadd%5Ffallback.3.html),
[sd_bus_add_fallback_vtable(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fadd%5Ffallback%5Fvtable.3.html),
[sd_bus_add_filter(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fadd%5Ffilter.3.html),
[sd_bus_add_node_enumerator(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fadd%5Fnode%5Fenumerator.3.html),
[sd_bus_attach_event(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fattach%5Fevent.3.html),
[sd_bus_call(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fcall.3.html),
[sd_bus_call_async(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fcall%5Fasync.3.html),
[sd_bus_call_method(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fcall%5Fmethod.3.html),
[sd_bus_call_method_async(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fcall%5Fmethod%5Fasync.3.html),
[sd_bus_can_send(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fcan%5Fsend.3.html),
[sd_bus_close(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fclose.3.html),
[sd_bus_creds_get_pid(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fcreds%5Fget%5Fpid.3.html),
[sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fcreds%5Fnew%5Ffrom%5Fpid.3.html),
[sd_bus_default(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fdefault.3.html),
[sd_bus_emit_interfaces_added(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Femit%5Finterfaces%5Fadded.3.html),
[sd_bus_emit_interfaces_added_strv(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Femit%5Finterfaces%5Fadded%5Fstrv.3.html),
[sd_bus_emit_interfaces_removed(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Femit%5Finterfaces%5Fremoved.3.html),
[sd_bus_emit_interfaces_removed_strv(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Femit%5Finterfaces%5Fremoved%5Fstrv.3.html),
[sd_bus_emit_object_added(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Femit%5Fobject%5Fadded.3.html),
[sd_bus_emit_object_removed(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Femit%5Fobject%5Fremoved.3.html),
[sd_bus_emit_properties_changed(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Femit%5Fproperties%5Fchanged.3.html),
[sd_bus_emit_properties_changed_strv(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Femit%5Fproperties%5Fchanged%5Fstrv.3.html),
[sd_bus_emit_signal(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Femit%5Fsignal.3.html),
[sd_bus_emit_signalv(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Femit%5Fsignalv.3.html),
[sd_bus_emit_signal_to(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Femit%5Fsignal%5Fto.3.html),
[sd_bus_emit_signal_tov(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Femit%5Fsignal%5Ftov.3.html),
[sd-bus-errors(3)](../man3/sd-bus-errors.3.html),
[sd_bus_error(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Ferror.3.html),
[sd_bus_error_add_map(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Ferror%5Fadd%5Fmap.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_address(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Faddress.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_allow_interactive_authorization(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fallow%5Finteractive%5Fauthorization.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_bus_id(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fbus%5Fid.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_creds_mask(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fcreds%5Fmask.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_current_handler(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fcurrent%5Fhandler.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_current_message(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fcurrent%5Fmessage.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_current_slot(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fcurrent%5Fslot.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_current_userdata(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fcurrent%5Fuserdata.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_exit_on_disconnect(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fexit%5Fon%5Fdisconnect.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_fd(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Ffd.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_method_call_timeout(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fmethod%5Fcall%5Ftimeout.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_n_queued_read(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fn%5Fqueued%5Fread.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_name_creds(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fname%5Fcreds.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_name_machine_id(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fname%5Fmachine%5Fid.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_owner_creds(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fowner%5Fcreds.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_property(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fproperty.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_property_string(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fproperty%5Fstring.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_property_strv(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fproperty%5Fstrv.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_property_trivial(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fproperty%5Ftrivial.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_scope(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Fscope.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_tid(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Ftid.3.html),
[sd_bus_get_unique_name(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fget%5Funique%5Fname.3.html),
[sd_bus_interface_name_is_valid(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Finterface%5Fname%5Fis%5Fvalid.3.html),
[sd_bus_is_bus_client(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fis%5Fbus%5Fclient.3.html),
[sd_bus_is_monitor(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fis%5Fmonitor.3.html),
[sd_bus_is_server(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fis%5Fserver.3.html),
[sd_bus_list_names(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Flist%5Fnames.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_append(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fappend.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_append_array(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fappend%5Farray.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_append_basic(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fappend%5Fbasic.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_append_string_memfd(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fappend%5Fstring%5Fmemfd.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_append_strv(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fappend%5Fstrv.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_at_end(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fat%5Fend.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_close_container(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fclose%5Fcontainer.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_copy(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fcopy.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_dump(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fdump.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_enter_container(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fenter%5Fcontainer.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_exit_container(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fexit%5Fcontainer.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_get_allow_interactive_authorization(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fget%5Fallow%5Finteractive%5Fauthorization.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_get_cookie(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fget%5Fcookie.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_get_creds(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fget%5Fcreds.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_get_errno(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fget%5Ferrno.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_get_error(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fget%5Ferror.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_get_monotonic_usec(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fget%5Fmonotonic%5Fusec.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_get_sender(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fget%5Fsender.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_get_signature(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fget%5Fsignature.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_get_type(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fget%5Ftype.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_new(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fnew.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_new_method_call(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fnew%5Fmethod%5Fcall.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_new_method_error(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fnew%5Fmethod%5Ferror.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_new_signal(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fnew%5Fsignal.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_new_signal_to(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fnew%5Fsignal%5Fto.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_open_container(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fopen%5Fcontainer.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_peek_type(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fpeek%5Ftype.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_read(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fread.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_read_array(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fread%5Farray.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_read_basic(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fread%5Fbasic.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_read_strv(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fread%5Fstrv.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_rewind(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Frewind.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_seal(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fseal.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_send(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fsend.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_set_allow_interactive_authorization(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fset%5Fallow%5Finteractive%5Fauthorization.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_set_destination(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fset%5Fdestination.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_set_expect_reply(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fset%5Fexpect%5Freply.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_set_sender(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fset%5Fsender.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_skip(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fskip.3.html),
[sd_bus_message_verify_type(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fmessage%5Fverify%5Ftype.3.html),
[sd_bus_negotiate_fds(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fnegotiate%5Ffds.3.html),
[sd_bus_new(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fnew.3.html),
[sd_bus_path_encode(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fpath%5Fencode.3.html),
[sd_bus_process(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fprocess.3.html),
[sd_bus_query_sender_creds(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fquery%5Fsender%5Fcreds.3.html),
[sd_bus_query_sender_privilege(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fquery%5Fsender%5Fprivilege.3.html),
[sd_bus_reply_method_error(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Freply%5Fmethod%5Ferror.3.html),
[sd_bus_reply_method_return(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Freply%5Fmethod%5Freturn.3.html),
[sd_bus_request_name(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Frequest%5Fname.3.html),
[sd_bus_send(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fsend.3.html),
[sd_bus_send_to(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fsend%5Fto.3.html),
[sd_bus_set_address(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Faddress.3.html),
[sd_bus_set_allow_interactive_authorization(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Fallow%5Finteractive%5Fauthorization.3.html),
[sd_bus_set_bus_client(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Fbus%5Fclient.3.html),
[sd_bus_set_close_on_exit(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Fclose%5Fon%5Fexit.3.html),
[sd_bus_set_connected_signal(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Fconnected%5Fsignal.3.html),
[sd_bus_set_description(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Fdescription.3.html),
[sd_bus_set_exit_on_disconnect(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Fexit%5Fon%5Fdisconnect.3.html),
[sd_bus_set_method_call_timeout(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Fmethod%5Fcall%5Ftimeout.3.html),
[sd_bus_set_monitor(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Fmonitor.3.html),
[sd_bus_set_property(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Fproperty.3.html),
[sd_bus_set_propertyv(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Fpropertyv.3.html),
[sd_bus_set_sender(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Fsender.3.html),
[sd_bus_set_server(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Fserver.3.html),
[sd_bus_set_watch_bind(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fset%5Fwatch%5Fbind.3.html)
[sd_bus_slot_get_current_handler(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fslot%5Fget%5Fcurrent%5Fhandler.3.html),
[sd_bus_slot_get_current_message(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fslot%5Fget%5Fcurrent%5Fmessage.3.html),
[sd_bus_slot_get_current_userdata(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fslot%5Fget%5Fcurrent%5Fuserdata.3.html),
[sd_bus_slot_set_description(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fslot%5Fset%5Fdescription.3.html),
[sd_bus_slot_set_destroy_callback(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fslot%5Fset%5Fdestroy%5Fcallback.3.html),
[sd_bus_slot_set_floating(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fslot%5Fset%5Ffloating.3.html),
[sd_bus_slot_set_userdata(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fslot%5Fset%5Fuserdata.3.html),
[sd_bus_start(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Fstart.3.html),
[sd_bus_track_add_name(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Ftrack%5Fadd%5Fname.3.html),
[sd_bus_track_new(3)](../man3/sd%5Fbus%5Ftrack%5Fnew.3.html)
for more information about the functions available.
The [busctl(1)](../man1/busctl.1.html) tool makes the functionality implemented by sd-bus
available from the command line.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.SEE ALSO top
[systemd(1)](../man1/systemd.1.html), [sd-event(3)](../man3/sd-event.3.html), [busctl(1)](../man1/busctl.1.html), [sd-varlink(3)](../man3/sd-varlink.3.html), **dbus-daemon**(1),
**dbus-send**(1), **pkg-config**(1)COLOPHON top
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