dbus-discover: Discover DBUS session bus

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neingeist 8 years ago
parent c0aebcbe91
commit 1849c6a623

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#!/bin/bash
# Discover DBUS session bus
# Source: can't remember where this from...
# Remember to run this script using the command "source ./filename.sh"
# Search these processes for the session variable
# (they are run as the current user and have the DBUS session variable set)
compatiblePrograms=( nautilus kdeinit kded4 pulseaudio trackerd )
# Attempt to get a program pid
for index in ${compatiblePrograms[@]}; do
PID=$(pidof -s ${index})
if [[ "${PID}" != "" ]]; then
break
fi
done
if [[ "${PID}" == "" ]]; then
echo "Could not detect active login session"
return 1
fi
QUERY_ENVIRON="$(tr '\0' '\n' < /proc/${PID}/environ | grep "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" | cut -d "=" -f 2-)"
if [[ "${QUERY_ENVIRON}" != "" ]]; then
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="${QUERY_ENVIRON}"
echo "Connected to session:"
echo "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=${DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}"
else
echo "Could not find dbus session ID in user environment."
return 1
fi
return 0
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