Blame examples/list-system-services.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
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"""Usage: python list-system-services.py [--session|--system]
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List services on the system bus (default) or the session bus."""
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# Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Red Hat Inc. <http://www.redhat.com/>
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# Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Collabora Ltd. <http://www.collabora.co.uk/>
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#
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# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
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# obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
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# files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
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# restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
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# modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
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# of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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#
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# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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#
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# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
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# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
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# HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
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# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
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# DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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import sys
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import dbus
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def main(argv):
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    factory = dbus.SystemBus
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    if len(argv) > 2:
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        sys.exit(__doc__)
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    elif len(argv) == 2:
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        if argv[1] == '--session':
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            factory = dbus.SessionBus
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        elif argv[1] != '--system':
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            sys.exit(__doc__)
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    # Get a connection to the system or session bus as appropriate
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    # We're only using blocking calls, so don't actually need a main loop here
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    bus = factory()
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    # This could be done by calling bus.list_names(), but here's
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    # more or less what that means:
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    # Get a reference to the desktop bus' standard object, denoted
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    # by the path /org/freedesktop/DBus.
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    dbus_object = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.DBus',
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                                 '/org/freedesktop/DBus')
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    # The object /org/freedesktop/DBus
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    # implements the 'org.freedesktop.DBus' interface
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    dbus_iface = dbus.Interface(dbus_object, 'org.freedesktop.DBus')
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    # One of the member functions in the org.freedesktop.DBus interface
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    # is ListNames(), which provides a list of all the other services
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    # registered on this bus. Call it, and print the list.
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    services = dbus_iface.ListNames()
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    services.sort()
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    for service in services:
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        print service
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if __name__ == '__main__':
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    main(sys.argv)