Using a dbus service without opening it - python

[Thiago Macieira]

Tomer Haimovich wrote:
>Oh, and meanwhile, is there any other way to avoid this problem? I just
>figured out that even if you do add this feature, it won't be here until
> the next release, and I don't know when it will happen.

You can call NameHasOwner on the bus daemon (org.freedesktop.DBus) to see 
if the name is present on the bus. If it isn't present, a call to it will 
either fail or will cause it to be started.

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