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| author | Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com> | 2015-04-25 14:13:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com> | 2015-04-25 14:13:33 +0200 |
| commit | 858baba556a048b7c6556633cbe65614c194bba9 (patch) | |
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a more descriptive readme
Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>
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@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@ A simple daemonless system for broadcasting messages locally. +bus uses a System V semaphore array and System V shared memory. +Buses are named; the key of the semaphore array and the +shared memory is stored in a regular file. + +Communication over bus is synchronous. The broadcast call does +not return until all listeners have received (and copyied) +the message. + +The software package contains a C library and a command line +utility. The package python-bus provides a Python 3 module. + |