purple-send(1) User Commands purple-send(1)
NAME
purple-send - calls purple API functions using DBus and prints the return value.
SYNOPSIS
purple-send method-name [type1:value1] [type2:value2] ...
DESCRIPTION
This program calls purple API functions using DBus and prints the return value. If you are not interested in the return value, use purple-
send-async. This shell script just invokes dbus-send, see man dbus-send for how to specify the parameters.
OPTIONS
Use dbus-viewer to get the list of supported functions and their parameters.
Here are some examples:
/usr/bin/purple-send PurpleAccountsFindConnected string: string:prpl-jabber
/usr/bin/purple-send PurpleAccountsGetAll
/usr/bin/purple-send PurpleCoreQuit
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-im-client |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
purple-remote(1), purple-send-async(1), purple-url-handler(1), attributes(5)
purple-send Manual, http://pidgin.im/
NOTES
Updated by Lei Ju, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006, 2007.
SunOS 5.11 02 Apr 2008 purple-send(1)