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<refentry id="sd_bus_can_send"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>sd_bus_can_send</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>sd_bus_can_send</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>sd_bus_can_send</refname>
<refpurpose>Check which types can be sent over a bus object</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-bus.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>void <function>sd_bus_can_send</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>char <parameter>type</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><function>sd_bus_can_send()</function> is mostly used for checking if file descriptor
passing is available on the given bus. <parameter>type</parameter> can be any of the
<constant>SD_BUS_TYPE</constant> constants.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Return Value</title>
<para>On failure, <function>sd_bus_can_send()</function> returns a negative errno-style error
code. If values of the given type can be sent over the given bus, it returns a positive integer.
Otherwise, it returns zero.</para>
<refsect2>
<title>Errors</title>
<para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ENOPKG</constant></term>
<listitem><para>The bus object <parameter>bus</parameter> could not be resolved.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ENOTCONN</constant></term>
<listitem><para>The input parameter <parameter>bus</parameter> is
<constant>NULL</constant> or the bus is not connected.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ECHILD</constant></term>
<listitem><para>The bus object <parameter>bus</parameter> was created in a different
process.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>