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24  <manpage name="avahi-browse" section="1" desc="Browse for mDNS/DNS-SD services using the Avahi daemon">
25
26	<synopsis>
27      <cmd>avahi-browse [<arg>options</arg>] <arg>service-type</arg></cmd>
28      <cmd>avahi-browse [<arg>options</arg>] <opt>--all</opt></cmd>
29      <cmd>avahi-browse [<arg>options</arg>] <opt>--browse-domains</opt></cmd>
30      <cmd>avahi-browse [<arg>options</arg>] <opt>--dump-db</opt></cmd>
31      <cmd>avahi-browse-domains [<arg>options</arg>]</cmd>
32	</synopsis>
33
34    <description>
35      <p>Browse for mDNS/DNS-SD network services and browsing domains using the Avahi daemon.</p>
36
37	</description>
38
39	<options>
40
41      <p>Specify a DNS-SD service type (e.g. _http._tcp) to browse for
42      on the command line, or <opt>-a</opt> to browse for all
43      available service types. Items that appear on the network are prefixed with "+", items that disappear are prefixed with "-". If <opt>--resolve</opt> is passed items that are resolved are prefixed with "=".</p>
44
45      <option>
46		<p><opt>-a | --all</opt></p>
47		<optdesc><p>Browse for all service types registered on the LAN, not just the one specified on the command line.</p></optdesc>
48	  </option>
49
50      <option>
51        <p><opt>-D | --browse-domains</opt></p>
52        <optdesc><p>Browse for browsing domains instead for services. avahi-browse-domains is equivalent to avahi-browse --browse-domains</p></optdesc>
53      </option>
54
55 	  <option>
56		<p><opt>-d | --domain=</opt> <arg>DOMAIN</arg></p>
57        <optdesc><p>Browse in the specified domain. If omitted
58        avahi-browse will browse in the default browsing domain
59        (usually .local)</p></optdesc>
60	  </option>
61
62      <option>
63        <p><opt>-v | --verbose</opt></p>
64        <optdesc><p>Enable verbose mode.</p></optdesc>
65      </option>
66
67      <option>
68        <p><opt>-t | --terminate</opt></p>
69        <optdesc><p>Terminate after dumping a more or less complete list.</p></optdesc>
70      </option>
71
72      <option>
73        <p><opt>-c | --cache</opt></p>
74        <optdesc><p>Terminate after dumping all entries available in the cache.</p></optdesc>
75      </option>
76
77      <option>
78        <p><opt>-l | --ignore-local</opt></p>
79        <optdesc><p>Ignore local services, show only remote services.</p></optdesc>
80      </option>
81
82	  <option>
83		<p><opt>-r | --resolve</opt></p>
84		<optdesc><p>Automatically resolve services found.</p></optdesc>
85	  </option>
86
87	  <option>
88		<p><opt>-f | --no-fail</opt></p>
89		<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>
90	  </option>
91
92	  <option>
93                <p><opt>-p | --parsable</opt></p>
94		<optdesc><p>Make output easily parsable for usage in scripts. If enabled fields are separated by semicolons (;), service names are escaped. It is recommended to combine this with <opt>--no-db-lookup</opt>.</p></optdesc>
95	  </option>
96
97	  <option>
98		<p><opt>-k | --no-db-lookup</opt></p>
99		<optdesc><p>Don't lookup services types in service type database.</p></optdesc>
100	  </option>
101
102	  <option>
103		<p><opt>-b | --dump-db</opt></p>
104		<optdesc><p>Dump the service type database (may be combined with -k)</p></optdesc>
105	  </option>
106
107	  <option>
108		<p><opt>-h | --help</opt></p>
109		<optdesc><p>Show help.</p></optdesc>
110	  </option>
111
112	  <option>
113		<p><opt>-V | --version</opt></p>
114		<optdesc><p>Show version information.</p></optdesc>
115	  </option>
116
117	</options>
118
119	<section name="Authors">
120	  <p>The Avahi Developers &lt;@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@&gt;; Avahi is
121	  available from <url href="@PACKAGE_URL@"/></p>
122	</section>
123
124	<section name="See also">
125	  <p>
126        <manref name="avahi-publish" section="1"/>, <manref name="avahi-resolve" section="1"/>, <manref name="avahi-daemon" section="8"/>
127	  </p>
128	</section>
129
130	<section name="Comments">
131	  <p>This man page was written using <manref name="xml2man" section="1"
132		  href="http://masqmail.cx/xml2man/"/> by Oliver Kurth.</p>
133	</section>
134
135  </manpage>
136