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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2009-02-07 07:54:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2009-02-07 07:54:17 +0000 |
| commit | 7a7c0568276dd09b91bca4ace86ffa0b58b18602 (patch) | |
| tree | 1a2c4c01b7813321734da3ae22d9ec379b67680e /gpsctl.xml | |
| parent | f149cbc07c91d3f9b918fce546166837b729c251 (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-7a7c0568276dd09b91bca4ace86ffa0b58b18602.tar.gz | |
Make the tool time out if it can't open the device.
Diffstat (limited to 'gpsctl.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | gpsctl.xml | 32 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ its new speed.</para> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> +<term>-T</term> +<listitem> +<para>Change the sampling timeout. Defaults to 3 seconds, which +should always be sufficient to get a packet from a device emitting at +the normal rate of 1 per second.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> <term>-h</term> <listitem> <para>Display program usage and exit.</para> @@ -169,6 +178,29 @@ identifying the GPS type of the selected device and exit.</para> </refsect1> +<refsect1 id='examples'><title>EXAMPLES</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><command>gpsctl /dev/ttyUSB0</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Attempt to identify the device on USB serial device 0. Time out +after the default 3 seconds. Adding the <option>-f</option> will +force low-level access and suppress the normal complaint when this +tool can't find a GPSD to work through.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term></term> +<listitem> +<para></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</refsect1> + <refsect1 id='see_also'><title>SEE ALSO</title> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpsd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |