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.SH "NAME"
dbus-cleanup-sockets \- clean up leftover sockets in a directory
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBdbus\-cleanup\-sockets\fR\ 'u
\fBdbus\-cleanup\-sockets\fR [\fIDIRECTORY\fR]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
\fBdbus\-cleanup\-sockets\fR
command cleans up unused D\-Bus connection sockets\&. See
\m[blue]\fBhttp://www\&.freedesktop\&.org/software/dbus/\fR\m[]
for more information about the big picture\&.
.PP
If given no arguments,
\fBdbus\-cleanup\-sockets\fR
cleans up sockets in the standard default socket directory for the per\-user\-login\-session message bus; this is usually /tmp\&. Optionally, you can pass a different directory on the command line\&.
.PP
On Linux, this program is essentially useless, because D\-Bus defaults to using "abstract sockets" that exist only in memory and don\*(Aqt have a corresponding file in /tmp\&.
.PP
On most other flavors of UNIX, it\*(Aqs possible for the socket files to leak when programs using D\-Bus exit abnormally or without closing their D\-Bus connections\&. Thus, it might be interesting to run dbus\-cleanup\-sockets in a cron job to mop up any leaked sockets\&. Or you can just ignore the leaked sockets, they aren\*(Aqt really hurting anything, other than cluttering the output of "ls /tmp"
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
dbus\-cleanup\-sockets was adapted by Havoc Pennington from linc\-cleanup\-sockets written by Michael Meeks\&.
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
Please send bug reports to the D\-Bus mailing list or bug tracker, see
\m[blue]\fBhttp://www\&.freedesktop\&.org/software/dbus/\fR\m[]