dbus-send: replace --address with --peer and --bus.

--peer is a direct substitute for --address.
With --bus dbus-send registers on bus given by ADDRESS, thus allowing
messages to be sent to the bus.

Bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48816
[adjusted to apply to current master -smcv]
Reviewed-by: Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk>

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/tools/dbus-send.c b/tools/dbus-send.c
index 2e37b089..d3ff2589 100644
--- a/tools/dbus-send.c
+++ b/tools/dbus-send.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static const char *appname;
 static void
 usage (int ecode)
 {
-  fprintf (stderr, "Usage: %s [--help] [--system | --session | --address=ADDRESS] [--dest=NAME] [--type=TYPE] [--print-reply[=literal]] [--reply-timeout=MSEC] <destination object path> <message name> [contents ...]\n", appname);
+  fprintf (stderr, "Usage: %s [--help] [--system | --session | --bus=ADDRESS | --peer=ADDRESS] [--dest=NAME] [--type=TYPE] [--print-reply[=literal]] [--reply-timeout=MSEC] <destination object path> <message name> [contents ...]\n", appname);
   exit (ecode);
 }
 
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   int message_type = DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_SIGNAL;
   const char *type_str = NULL;
   const char *address = NULL;
+  int is_bus = FALSE;
   int session_or_system = FALSE;
 
   appname = argv[0];
@@ -266,14 +267,28 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	  type = DBUS_BUS_SESSION;
           session_or_system = TRUE;
         }
-      else if (strstr (arg, "--address=") == arg)
+      else if ((strstr (arg, "--bus=") == arg) || (strstr (arg, "--peer=") == arg) || (strstr (arg, "--address=") == arg))
         {
-          if (*(strchr (arg, '=') + 1) == '\0')
+          if (arg[2] == 'b') /* bus */
             {
-              fprintf (stderr, "\"--address=\" requires an ADDRESS\n");
-              usage (1);
+              is_bus = TRUE;
+            }
+          else if (arg[2] == 'p') /* peer */
+            {
+              is_bus = FALSE;
+            }
+          else /* address; keeping backwards compatibility */
+            {
+              is_bus = FALSE;
             }
+
           address = strchr (arg, '=') + 1;
+
+          if (address[0] == '\0')
+            {
+              fprintf (stderr, "\"--peer=\" and \"--bus=\" require an ADDRESS\n");
+              usage (1);
+            }
         }
       else if (strncmp (arg, "--print-reply", 13) == 0)
 	{
@@ -330,7 +345,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   if (session_or_system &&
       (address != NULL))
     {
-      fprintf (stderr, "\"--address\" may not be used with \"--system\" or \"--session\"\n");
+      fprintf (stderr, "\"--peer\" and \"--bus\" may not be used with \"--system\" or \"--session\"\n");
       usage (1);
     }
 
@@ -372,6 +387,16 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
       dbus_error_free (&error);
       exit (1);
     }
+  else if ((address != NULL) && is_bus)
+    {
+      if (!dbus_bus_register (connection, &error))
+        {
+          fprintf (stderr, "Failed to register on connection to \"%s\" message bus: %s\n",
+                   address, error.message);
+          dbus_error_free (&error);
+          exit (1);
+        }
+    }
 
   if (message_type == DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_METHOD_CALL)
     {