context-listen

Langue: en

Version: 366548 (MeeGo - 06/11/10)

Section: 1 (Commandes utilisateur)

NAME

context-listen - a simple test client to listen to changes in context properties from different providers.

SYNOPSIS

context-listen [PROPERTY]...

DESCRIPTION

context-listen will listen for changes in the properties and notify the user about them. At least one property has to be given. In order to find the appropriate provider for each of the properties context-listen reads the ./cache.cdb or if it doesn't exist then all the XML files in the present directory. Check libcontextprovider documentation for the format of these XML files and how to convert them to a cdb cache. Send EOF on stdin to terminate the running context-listen.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

CONTEXT_CLI_DISABLE_TYPE_CHECK
when defined context-listen will not croak about type mismatch between the expected and actual type.
CONTEXT_CLI_IGNORE_COMMANDER
when defined context-listen will become immune to the commander, i.e. it will not be affected by context-commander at all.
CONTEXT_PROVIDERS
may define a directory containing the provider descriptor cdb or XML files. If it is not set, a compiled-in registry prefix path will be used (usually /usr/share/contextkit/providers).

ARGUMENTS

context-listen takes a list of properties as arguments. Properties are dot separated names, like Context.Location.Latitude. Obviously a property have to be provided by some provider to be any useful.

COMMAND LINE INTERFACE

context-listen can be commanded on its standard input, the available commands can be seen at startup on stderr. All debugging/error messages are directed to stderr.

EXAMPLES

context-provide my.test.provider int mun.testi.property 42
Creates a test provider with a single int property. Keep this running.
context-listen mun.testi.property
starts context-listen listening for changes in the property 'mun.testi.property' from the provider 'my.test.provider'. This should be running in the same directory (from an other terminal) or CONTEXT_PROVIDERS should be set accordingly.
set('mun.testi.property', 59)
The above command typed in the first terminal running context-provider will change the property and the change will be visible in the second terminal running context-listen.

SEE ALSO

context-provide(1)