SD_BUS_MESSAGE_NEW_SIGNAL

Section: sd_bus_message_new_signal (3)
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NAME

sd_bus_message_new_signal - Create a signal message

SYNOPSIS

#include <systemd/sd-bus.h>

int sd_bus_message_new_signal(sd_bus *bus, sd_bus_message **m, const char *path, const char *interface, const char *member);

DESCRIPTION

The sd_bus_message_new_signal() function creates a new bus message object that encapsulates a D-Bus signal, and returns it in the m output parameter. The signal will be sent to path path, on the interface interface, member member. When this message is sent, no reply is expected. See sd_bus_message_new_method_call(1) for a short description of the meaning of the path, interface, and member parameters.

RETURN VALUE

This function returns 0 if the message object was successfully created, and a negative errno-style error code otherwise.

Errors

Returned errors may indicate the following problems:

-EINVAL

: The output parameter m is NULL.
The path parameter is not a valid D-Bus path ("/an/object/path"), the interface parameter is not a valid D-Bus interface name ("an.interface.name"), or the member parameter is not a valid D-Bus member ("Name").

-ENOTCONN

: The bus parameter bus is NULL or the bus is not connected.

-ENOMEM

: Memory allocation failed.

NOTES

These APIs are implemented as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the libsystemd pkg-config(1) file.

EXAMPLES

Example 1. Send a simple signal

#include <systemd/sd-bus.h>
#define _cleanup_(f) __attribute__((cleanup(f)))

int send_unit_files_changed(sd_bus *bus) {
  _cleanup_(sd_bus_message_unrefp) sd_bus_message *message = NULL;
  int r;

  r = sd_bus_message_new_signal(bus, &message,
                                "/org/freedesktop/systemd1",
                                "org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager",
                                "UnitFilesChanged");
  if (r < 0)
    return r;

  return sd_bus_send(bus, message, NULL);
}

This function in systemd sources is used to emit the "UnitFilesChanged" signal when the unit files have been changed.