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8 This file is part of avahi.
10 avahi is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
11 under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
12 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
13 License, or (at your option) any later version.
15 avahi is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
16 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
17 or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
18 Public License for more details.
20 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
21 License along with avahi; if not, write to the Free Software
22 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
26 <manpage name="avahi-browse" section="1" desc="Browse for mDNS/DNS-SD services using the Avahi daemon">
29 <cmd>avahi-browse [<arg>options</arg>] <arg>service-type</arg></cmd>
30 <cmd>avahi-browse [<arg>options</arg>] <opt>--all</opt></cmd>
31 <cmd>avahi-browse [<arg>options</arg>] <opt>--browse-domains</opt></cmd>
32 <cmd>avahi-browse-domains [<arg>options</arg>]</cmd>
36 <p>Browse for mDNS/DNS-SD network services and browsing domains using the Avahi daemon.</p>
42 <p>Specify a DNS-SD service type (e.g. _http._tcp) to browse for
43 on the command line, or <opt>-a</opt> to browse for all
44 available service types. Items that appear on the network are prefixed with "+", items that disappear are prefixed with "-".</p>
47 <p><opt>-a | --all</opt></p>
48 <optdesc><p>Browse for all service types registered on the LAN, not just the one specified on the command line.</p></optdesc>
52 <p><opt>-D | --browse-domains</opt></p>
53 <optdesc><p>Browse for browsing domains instead for services. avahi-browse-domains is equivalent to avahi-browse --browse-domains</p></optdesc>
57 <p><opt>-d | --domain=</opt> <arg>DOMAIN</arg></p>
58 <optdesc><p>Browse in the specified domain. If omitted
59 avahi-browse will browse in the default browsing domain
60 (usually .local)</p></optdesc>
64 <p><opt>-v | --verbose</opt></p>
65 <optdesc><p>Enable verbose mode.</p></optdesc>
69 <p><opt>-t | --terminate</opt></p>
70 <optdesc><p>Terminate after dumping a more or less complete list.</p></optdesc>
74 <p><opt>-c | --cache</opt></p>
75 <optdesc><p>Terminate after dumping all entries available in the cache.</p></optdesc>
79 <p><opt>-l | --ignore-local</opt></p>
80 <optdesc><p>Ignore local services, show only remote services.</p></optdesc>
84 <p><opt>-r | --resolve</opt></p>
85 <optdesc><p>Automatically resolve services found.</p></optdesc>
89 <p><opt>-f | --no-fail</opt></p>
90 <optdesc><p>Don't fail if the daemon is not found running. Instead, wait until it appears. If it disconnects, try to reconnect.</p></optdesc>
94 <p><opt>-k | --no-db-lookup</opt></p>
95 <optdesc><p>Don't lookup services types in service type database.</p></optdesc>
99 <p><opt>-h | --help</opt></p>
100 <optdesc><p>Show help.</p></optdesc>
104 <p><opt>-V | --version</opt></p>
105 <optdesc><p>Show version information.</p></optdesc>
110 <section name="Authors">
111 <p>The Avahi Developers <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>; Avahi is
112 available from <url href="@PACKAGE_URL@"/></p>
115 <section name="See also">
117 <manref name="avahi-publish" section="1"/>, <manref name="avahi-resolve" section="1"/>, <manref name="avahi-daemon" section="8"/>
121 <section name="Comments">
122 <p>This man page was written using <manref name="xml2man" section="1"
123 href="http://masqmail.cx/xml2man/"/> by Oliver Kurth.</p>