---
name: "dcopref"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kdelibs4c2a"
version: "4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-5"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dcopref"
---

# dcopref(1)

creates a DCOP reference of a KDE service from application id and object

## NAME

dcopref - creates a DCOP reference of a KDE service from application id and object

## SYNOPSIS

**dcopref** \[*dcopclient*\] \[*dcopobject*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**dcopref** creates a DCOPRef from an application id and an object id.

## EXAMPLES

- **Create a DCOPRef from application id of a konqueror instance and its main window as object**

  DREF=\`dcopref 'konqueror-6140' 'konqueror-mainwindow#1'\`

## SEE ALSO

[**dcop**(1)](/dcop/1.md), [**dcopclient**(1)](/dcopclient/1.md), [**dcopfind**(1)](/dcopfind/1.md), [**dcopobject**(1)](/dcopobject/1.md), [**dcopquit**(1)](/dcopquit/1.md)

## AUTHORS

```
Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>
```

Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs, do not mail the author directly.

This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann \<Holger\_Hartmann@gmx.de\> for the **Debian** Project (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On **Debian** systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.