On Saturday 19 October 2019 02:03:49 pm Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 19 October 2019 13:54:54 deloptes wrote: > > Gene Heskett wrote: > If those rm's and mv's from outside of kmails knowledge, were converted > to dbus commands to be executed by kmail, then nothing would disturb its > database but kmails own actions. > > So, where do I find the real docs on how kmail responds to commands sent > over dbus? That seems to be a secret, and it sucks dead toads thru soda > straws. I just now rechecked the Handbook, and it has zero mention of > dbus. So please explain how, and I WILL fix my scripts. I always did dbus by trial and error. The command line really, really sucks, so try to find a GUI tool to test with and then it’s fairly easy to translate what works to command line for your scripts. I used qdbusviewer in the past, it worked well but I think it’s dead? I’ve seen D-Feet [1] referenced, never used it. https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/DFeet Here’s stack’s answer to “DBUS Message/Signal Viewer Tools” https://askubuntu.com/a/505959 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting