From cf89b3457feaa7f7695fc992d25473f773423008 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Alex Xu (Hello71)" Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:36:09 -0400 Subject: Initial commit --- README | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..025214c --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +This is an implementation of a standalone pipe-based command-line inhibitor +based on the VLC D-Bus inhibitor. + +Instead of using the D-Bus unregistration to guarantee uninhibition, this uses +a pipe which is automatically closed when the holder exits. Thus, the caller +application can be written without using D-Bus support (preferable in certain +cases). + +Examples in bash, POSIX sh, and C are provided. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2