.TH notify-send 1 "7 Apr 2017" "SunOS 5.11" "User Commands"

.SH "NAME"

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

.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.PP

\fBnotify-send\fR [\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-\-urgency=\fIlevel\fR\fR] [\fB\-\-expire-time=\fItime\fR\fR] [\fB\-\-icon=\fIicon,icon\&.\&.\&.\fR\fR] [\fB\-\-category=\fItype,type\&.\&.\&.\fR\fR] [\fB\-\-hint=\fItype:name:value\fR\fR] [\fIsummary\fR] [\fIbody\fR]

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP

Using notify-send, you can send desktop notifications from the command line

to the user via a notification daemon\&. The notifications are used to inform

the user about an asynchronous event or display some useful information without

getting in the user\&'s way\&.

.SH "OPTIONS"

.PP

The following options are supported:

.TP 24

\fB\-?\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR

Display help text\&.

.TP 24

\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-urgency=\fIlevel\fR\fR

Specifies the urgency level, including low, normal and critical\&.

.TP 24

\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-expire-time=\fItime\fR\fR

Specifies the timeout in milliseconds at which to expire the notification\&.

.TP 24

\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-icon=\fIicons\fR\fR

Specifies an icon filename or stock icon to display\&.

.TP 24

\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-category=\fItypes\fR\fR

Specifies the notification category\&.

.TP 24

\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-hint=\fIhint\fR\fR

Specifies basic extra data to pass\&. The format is type:name:value and

valid types are int, double, string and byte

.TP 24

\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR

Display version information\&.

.SH "EXIT STATUS"

.PP

.TP 4

0

All information was written successfully\&.

.TP 4

>0

An error occurred\&.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP

.BR libnotify (3lib)

.PP

The Desktop Notification Spec on

\fBhttp://www\&.galago-project\&.org/specs/notification/\fR\&.

.SH "NOTES"

.PP

Written by Jedy Wang, Sun Microsystems Inc\&., 2007\&.