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avahi.service(5) [linux man page]

avahi.service(5)						File Formats Manual						  avahi.service(5)

NAME

       avahi.service - avahi-daemon static service file

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/avahi/services/*.service

DESCRIPTION

       /etc/avahi/services/*.service are XML fragments containing static DNS-SD service data. Every service file can contain multiple service def-
       initions which share the same name. This is useful for publishing service data for services which implement  multiple  protocols.  (i.e.  a
       printer implementing _ipp._tcp and _printer._tcp)

XML TAGS

       <service-group> The document tag of avahi service files. Should contain one <name> and one or more <service> elements.

       <name replace-wildcards="yes|no"> The service name. If replace-wildcards is "yes", any occurence of the string "%h" will be replaced by the
       local host name. This can be used for service names like "Remote Terminal on %h". If replace-wildcards is not specified, defaults to "no".

       <service protocol="ipv4|ipv6|any"> Contains the service information for exactly one service type. Should contain one <type> and one  <port>
       element. Optionally it may contain one <domain-name>, one <host-name>, any number of <subtype> and any number of <txt-record> elements. The
       attribute protocol specifies the protocol to advertise the service on. If any is used (which is the default), the service  will	be  adver-
       tised on both IPv4 and IPv6.

       <type> Contains the DNS-SD service type for this service. e.g. "_http._tcp".

       <subtype> Contains an additional DNS-SD service subtype for this service. e.g. "_anon._sub._ftp._tcp".

       <domain-name>  The  domain  name this service should be registered. If omited defaults to the default domain of the avahi daemon. (probably
       .local)

       <host-name> The host name of the host that provides this service. This should be a host that is resolvable by  multicast  or  unicast  DNS.
       Please  note  that  you	need  to  specify a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) here, i.e. .local is not appended implicitly! The host name
       doesn't need to be part of the domain specified in <domain-name>. See avahi.hosts(5) for more information how to  publish  additional  host
       name mappings.

       <port> The IP port number the service listens on.

       <txt-record> DNS-SD TXT record data.

AUTHORS

       The Avahi Developers <avahi (at) lists (dot) freedesktop (dot) org>; Avahi is available from http://avahi.org/

SEE ALSO

       avahi-daemon(8), avahi.hosts(5)

COMMENTS

       This man page was written using xml2man(1) by Oliver Kurth.

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NAME

       avahi-publish-service - Register an mDNS/DNS-SD service or host name or address mapping using the Avahi daemon

SYNOPSIS

       avahi-publish -s [options] name service-type port [TXT data ...]

       avahi-publish-service [options] name service-type port [TXT data ...]

       avahi-publish -a [options] host name address

       avahi-publish-address [options] host name address

DESCRIPTION

       Register an mDNS/DNS-SD service or host name/address mapping using the Avahi daemon.

OPTIONS

       When  calling in service registration mode, specify a DNS-SD service name (e.g. "Lennart's Files"), a service type (e.g. _http._tcp) and an
       IP port number for the service, optionally followed by any number of TXT record strings on the command line. When calling  in  address/host
       name registration mode specify a fully qualified host name and an address (IPv4 or IPv6).

       -s | --service
	      Register a service. avahi-publish-service is equivalent to avahi-publish -s.

       -a | --address
	      Register an address/host name mapping. avahi-publish-address is equivalent to avahi-publish -a.

       -v | --verbose
	      Enable verbose mode.

       -H | --host= HOSTNAME
	      Specify  a  host	name for this service, in case it doesn't reside on the local host. This host name needs to be fully qualified and
	      resolvable using mDNS or unicast DNS.

       -d | --domain= DOMAIN
	      Publish the service in the specified domain. If omitted the Avahi daemon will publish it in its default domain (usually .local).

       --subtype= SUBTYPE
	      Register the service with an additional subtype in addition to the main type. DNS-SD subtypes have  the  form  _anon._sub._ftp._tcp,
	      where _anon is the identifier of the subtype and _ftp._tcp is the main type. You may pass this option multiple times to register the
	      service with multiple subtypes.

       -f | --no-fail
	      Don't fail if the daemon is not found running. Instead, wait until it appears. If it disconnects, try to reconnect.

       -h | --help
	      Show help

       -V | --version
	      Show version information.

AUTHORS

       The Avahi Developers <avahi (at) lists (dot) freedesktop (dot) org>; Avahi is available from http://avahi.org/

SEE ALSO

       avahi-resolve(1), avahi-browse(1), avahi-daemon(8)

COMMENTS

       This man page was written using xml2man(1) by Oliver Kurth.

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