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BINDER-PING(1) User Commands BINDER-PING(1)

NAME

binder-ping - check if a specific binder service is alive

SYNOPSIS

binder-ping [OPTION...] FQNAME

DESCRIPTION

binder-ping sends a ping transaction to the fully‑qualified binder service name FQNAME and reports whether the service is alive (responding). The argument FQNAME is mandatory; running the command without it shows the help message and exits.

This is a simple availability check and does not require any specific transaction data.

OPTIONS

Binder device (default: /dev/hwbinder).
Enable verbose output.
Suppress non‑error messages.
Show help options.

EXAMPLE

Ping a single service:


binder-ping android.hardware.sensors@1.0::ISensors/default

Use a different binder device:


binder-ping -d /dev/binder some.service::Iface/default

SEE ALSO

binder-call(1), binder-list(1), binder-bridge(1)

Project repository: https://github.com/mer-hybris/libgbinder

2026-05-07 libgbinder