#!/usr/bin/env python import time usage = """Usage: python unix-fd-service.py & python unix-fd-client.py """ # Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Red Hat Inc. # Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Collabora Ltd. # Copyright (C) 2010 Signove # # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person # obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation # files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without # restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, # modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies # of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be # included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, # EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF # MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND # NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT # HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. import sys from traceback import print_exc import os import dbus def main(): bus = dbus.SessionBus() try: remote_object = bus.get_object("com.example.SampleService", "/SomeObject") except dbus.DBusException: print_exc() print usage sys.exit(1) iface = dbus.Interface(remote_object, "com.example.SampleInterface") # UnixFd is an opaque object that takes care of received fd fd_object = iface.GetFd() print fd_object # Once we take the fd number, we are in charge of closing it! fd = fd_object.take() print fd # We want to encapsulate the integer fd into a Python file or socket object f = os.fdopen(fd, "r") # If it were an UNIX socket we would do # sk = socket.fromfd(fd, socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM) # os.close(fd) # # fromfd() dup()s the descriptor so we need to close the original, # otherwise it 'leaks' (stays open until program exits). f.seek(0) print f.read() if __name__ == '__main__': main()