C# API

method libtmux-dotnet latest

Server.Open

Namespace LibTmux

Opens an unmaterialized server connection handle.

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Source and package

Module: LibTmux
Declared in: Server
Package: LibTmux
Source: src/LibTmux/Server.Identity.cs

Open ( options : ServerConnectionOptions? ) → Server methodstatic [source] ¶

Examples#

Distinguish an endpoint handle from a discovered server. Connection discovery returns an immutable replacement without capturing child relations. Use Linux or macOS with Git, tmux 3.2a or newer, .NET SDK 10.0.303, and the .NET 8 and 10 runtimes. In an empty directory, fetch the documented library revision:

$ git clone https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-dotnet.git libtmux-source && \
  git -C libtmux-source checkout --detach cf34b255c896d19a97e7d7fabea58609c916012d

Save this complete consumer setup as global.json: View source

{
  "sdk": {
    "version": "10.0.303",
    "rollForward": "disable",
    "allowPrerelease": false
  },
  "test": {
    "runner": "Microsoft.Testing.Platform"
  }
}

Save this complete consumer setup as NuGet.config: View source

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <packageSources>
    <clear />
    <add key="libtmux-source" value="libtmux-source/artifacts/api-example-packages" />
    <add key="nuget.org" value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" />
  </packageSources>
  <packageSourceMapping>
    <clear />
    <packageSource key="libtmux-source">
      <package pattern="LibTmux" />
      <package pattern="LibTmux.*" />
    </packageSource>
    <packageSource key="nuget.org">
      <package pattern="*" />
    </packageSource>
  </packageSourceMapping>
</configuration>

Save this complete consumer setup as Example.csproj: View source

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net10.0</TargetFrameworks>
    <LangVersion>12.0</LangVersion>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <ImplicitUsings>disable</ImplicitUsings>
    <EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
    <AnalysisLevel>10-recommended</AnalysisLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
    <PackageReference Include="LibTmux" Version="[0.0.0-alpha.20]" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

Save this complete program as Program.cs. It creates a private server; await using disposes its owned scopes after success, cancellation or failure. The complete file contains explicit imports, a top-level async entry point and a cancellation deadline. View source

using System;
using System.Threading;
using LibTmux;

if (OperatingSystem.IsWindows())
{
    throw new PlatformNotSupportedException("This example requires tmux on Linux or macOS.");
}

using CancellationTokenSource deadline = new(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
CancellationToken token = deadline.Token;
string binary = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("LIBTMUX_TMUX") ?? "tmux";
string socketName = "csharp-serverconstruction-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");
ServerConnectionOptions options = new()
{
    SocketName = socketName,
    ConfigurationFile = "/dev/null",
    TmuxBinaryPath = binary,
};

// Open records the endpoint without running tmux or reading its state.
Server endpoint = Server.Open(options);
if (endpoint.IsMaterialized)
{
    throw new InvalidOperationException("Open must not discover a server.");
}

await using OwnedServerScope owned = await Server.CreateOwnedAsync(options, token);
await using OwnedSessionScope session = await owned.Value.CreateOwnedSessionAsync(
    new NewSessionRequest { Name = "demo", Command = "/bin/cat" }, token);

// Connect discovers the live daemon and returns a new materialized handle.
Server connected = await endpoint.ConnectAsync(token);
Server sameEndpoint = await Server.ConnectAsync(options, token);
if (!connected.IsMaterialized || !sameEndpoint.IsMaterialized || endpoint.IsMaterialized)
{
    throw new InvalidOperationException("Connecting must leave the original handle unchanged.");
}
if (connected.Generation != sameEndpoint.Generation || connected.Sessions.IsCaptured)
{
    throw new InvalidOperationException("Connection discovery must not capture the hierarchy.");
}

Console.WriteLine("Open records an endpoint; Connect discovers the running server.");
Console.WriteLine("The original handle stays unmaterialized; relations remain uncaptured.");

Build the exact source package and the saved consumer, then run both supported frameworks. The local package feed prevents an unrelated published package from satisfying the restore. Each program checks its result and exits unsuccessfully after an unhandled error:

$ export NUGET_PACKAGES="$PWD/packages" && \
  dotnet restore libtmux-source/src/LibTmux/LibTmux.csproj --locked-mode && \
  dotnet pack libtmux-source/src/LibTmux/LibTmux.csproj \
    --configuration Release --no-restore -p:ContinuousIntegrationBuild=true \
    --output "$PWD/libtmux-source/artifacts/api-example-packages" && \
  dotnet restore Example.csproj --configfile NuGet.config && \
  dotnet build Example.csproj --configuration Release --no-restore --warnaserror && \
  export LIBTMUX_TMUX="$(command -v tmux)" && \
  export TMUX_TMPDIR=/tmp/libtmux-dotnet-dev && \
  mkdir -p "$TMUX_TMPDIR" && \
  unset TMUX TMUX_PANE && \
  dotnet bin/Release/net8.0/Example.dll && \
  dotnet bin/Release/net10.0/Example.dll

Expected program output from each framework:

Open records an endpoint; Connect discovers the running server.
The original handle stays unmaterialized; relations remain uncaptured.

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