From 33355648863691ff24741df96f6aed6e9f43a0fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ralf Habacker Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:17:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for relative pathes in service files. Bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44030 --- doc/dbus-specification.xml | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 Datei geändert, 13 Zeilen hinzugefügt(+) diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml index 324dfd4..9ea11dd 100644 --- a/doc/dbus-specification.xml +++ b/doc/dbus-specification.xml @@ -4673,6 +4673,19 @@ choose one?] + If executable names on Windows do not have an extension an '.exe' extension + will be added internally. + + + Executable names may be absolute or relative. Relative pathes are based on the + current working directory of the dbus daemon executable. + + + Relative executable pathes in service files are useful on operating systems or + environments where the path dbus daemon is running from differs from the path + dbus is build for. Examples are the Windows operating system or portable installations. + + The executable launched will have the environment variable DBUS_STARTER_ADDRESS set to the address of the message bus so it can connect and request the appropriate names. -- 1.7.10.4