dcopfind(1)

Usage

dcopfind [-a] [-l] service [object]

Overview

dcopfind returns a reference to the first instance of the KDE service specified by service. See also dcopstart, which starts a service/application and immediately returns its reference.

Options

-a: Print the application id. Without this argument, the application id will be returned in the form DCOPRef(application id,object id).

-l: If the object is not found, run dcopstart and try again.

--help: Show usage information.

Examples

Return reference to a Kate instance

KATE=`dcopfind -a 'kate-*'`

Releases

4 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 3 times.

--help since Debian 4.0 (Etch).

Referred to by

dcopref(1) creates a DCOP reference of a KDE service from application id and object dcopstart(1) Start a KDE service and return its DCOP reference dcopclient(1) extracts the application id from a DCOP reference of a KDE service dcopobject(1) extracts the object id from a DCOP reference of a KDE service