User Commands                                      notify-send(1)



NAME
     notify-send - a CLI program to send desktop notifications

SYNOPSIS
     notify-send [--help ] [--urgency=level] [--expire-time=time]
     [--icon=icon,icon...]      [--category=type,type...]     [--
     hint=type:name:value] [summary] [body]

DESCRIPTION
     Using notify-send, you can send desktop notifications to the
     user  via  a  notification daemon from the command line. The
     notifications are used to inform the user about an asynchro-
     nous  event  or display some useful information without get-
     ting in the user's way.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -?, --help              Display help text.



     -u, --urgency=level     Specifies the urgency level, includ-
                             ing low, normal and critical.



     -t, --expire-time=time  Specifies  the   timeout   in   mil-
                             liseconds  at  which  to  expire the
                             notification.



     -i, --icon=icons        Specifies an icon filename or  stock
                             icon to display.



     -c, --category=types    Specifies the notification category.



     -h, --hint=hint         Specifies basic extra data to  pass.
                             The  format  is  type:name:value and
                             valid types are int, double,  string
                             and byte



     -v, --version           Display version information.





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User Commands                                      notify-send(1)



EXIT STATUS
     0   All information was written successfully.

     >0  An error occurred.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWgnome-panel             
    
     Interface stability          Volatile                    
    


SEE ALSO
     The  Desktop   Notification   Spec   on   http:/www.galago-
     project.org/specs/notification/.

NOTES
     Written by Jedy Wang, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2007.































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