## pk-common pk-common — Common utility functions for PackageKit |

## Synopsis

    #define             PK_DBUS_SERVICE
    #define             PK_DBUS_PATH
    #define             PK_DBUS_INTERFACE
    #define             PK_DBUS_INTERFACE_TRANSACTION
    #define             PK_SERVICE_PACK_GROUP_NAME
    #define             PK_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_LIST_FILENAME
    void                pk_common_test                      (gpointer user_data);
    gchar **            pk_ptr_array_to_strv                (GPtrArray *array);
    gchar *             pk_iso8601_present                  (void);
    gchar *             pk_iso8601_from_date                (const GDate *date);
    GDate *             pk_iso8601_to_date                  (const gchar *iso_date);
    gchar *             pk_get_distro_id                    (void);

## Description

This file contains functions that may be useful.

## Details

### PK_DBUS_SERVICE

    #define PK_DBUS_SERVICE			"org.freedesktop.PackageKit"

The SYSTEM service DBUS name

### PK_DBUS_PATH

    #define PK_DBUS_PATH			"/org/freedesktop/PackageKit"

The DBUS path

### PK_DBUS_INTERFACE

    #define PK_DBUS_INTERFACE		"org.freedesktop.PackageKit"

The DBUS interface

### PK_DBUS_INTERFACE_TRANSACTION

    #define PK_DBUS_INTERFACE_TRANSACTION "org.freedesktop.PackageKit.Transaction"

The DBUS interface for the transactions

### PK_SERVICE_PACK_GROUP_NAME

    #define PK_SERVICE_PACK_GROUP_NAME "PackageKit Service Pack"

The group name of the Service Pack config file

### PK_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_LIST_FILENAME

    #define PK_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_LIST_FILENAME "/var/lib/PackageKit/system.package-list"

### pk_common_test ()

    void                pk_common_test                      (gpointer user_data);

`user_data` : |

### pk_ptr_array_to_strv ()

    gchar **            pk_ptr_array_to_strv                (GPtrArray *array);

Form a composite string array of strings. The data in the GPtrArray is copied.

`array` : | the GPtrArray of strings
Returns : | the string array, or `NULL` if invalid. [transfer full]

Since 0.5.2

### pk_iso8601_present ()

    gchar *             pk_iso8601_present                  (void);

Returns : | The current iso8601 date and time

Since 0.5.2

### pk_iso8601_from_date ()

    gchar *             pk_iso8601_from_date                (const GDate *date);

`date` : | a `GDate` to convert
Returns : | If valid then a new ISO8601 date, else NULL

Since 0.5.2

### pk_iso8601_to_date ()

    GDate *             pk_iso8601_to_date                  (const gchar *iso_date);

`iso_date` : | The ISO8601 date to convert
Returns : | If valid then a new `GDate`, else NULL

Since 0.5.2

### pk_get_distro_id ()

    gchar *             pk_get_distro_id                    (void);

Returns : | the distro-id, typically "distro;version;arch"