upstart-local-bridge (8)

NAME

upstart-local-bridge - Bridge between Upstart and a local client socket connection.

upstart-local-bridge [OPTIONS]...

upstart-local-bridge listens on a local domain socket for name=value pairs and creates init(8) events for them.

The local unix domain socket can be either named or abstract.

--any-user: By default the bridge will only accept connections from clients running under the same user ID as the bridge itself. This option allows connections from any user.
--daemon: Detach and run in the background.
--debug: Enable debugging output.
--event event: Specify name of event to emit on receipt of a name=value pair.
--help: Show brief usage summary.
--path path: Specify path for local/abstract socket to listen on. If the first byte of path is an '@', the socket will be created as an abstract socket.
--verbose: Enable verbose output.

The following environment variables are added automatically to the event to be emitted, with the name=value pair being added as the last variable.

upstart-local-bridge --event=foo --path=/var/foo/bar

Listen on local socket /var/foo/bar and when a name=value pair is read, emit an event of the form:

foo SOCKET_TYPE=unix SOCKET_VARIANT=named SOCKET_PATH=/var/foo/bar name=value

upstart-local-bridge --event=bar --path=@/var/foo/bar

Listen on abstract socket @/var/foo/bar and when a name=value pair is read, emit an event of the form:

bar SOCKET_TYPE=unix SOCKET_VARIANT=abstract SOCKET_PATH=@/var/foo/bar name=value

•: If a named local socket is specified, all path elements except for the last must already exist before the bridge starts.

Written by James Hunt <james.hunt@canonical.com>

Report bugs at <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bugs>

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.