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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2011-07-22 08:21:23 -0400 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2011-07-22 08:21:23 -0400 |
| commit | 5706bd2373f57680a61fe94d62ea70b1b42cfefb (patch) | |
| tree | 83afc9380bacac1eb8e5af22b30987f5fee0b048 /gpsfake.xml | |
| parent | b55a205776e2e8a3462fac9b770d6815beda32c7 (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-5706bd2373f57680a61fe94d62ea70b1b42cfefb.tar.gz | |
In gpsfake, remove an unused feature and document what's there.
All regression tests pass.
Diffstat (limited to 'gpsfake.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | gpsfake.xml | 24 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gpsfake.xml b/gpsfake.xml index b611bd61..3617d9bb 100644 --- a/gpsfake.xml +++ b/gpsfake.xml @@ -59,9 +59,27 @@ interleaved in the order the files are specified.</para> privileges, and can be run concurrently with a production <application>gpsd</application> instance without causing problems.</para> -<para>The logfiles may be of NMEA, SiRF packets, TSIP packets, or -Zodiac packets. Leading lines beginning with # will be treated as -comments and ignored.</para> +<para>The logfiles may contain packets in any supported format, +including in particular NMEA, SiRF, TSIP, or Zodiac. Leading lines +beginning with # will be treated as comments and ignored, except in +the following special cases:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para> +a comment of the form #Date: yyyy-mm-dd (ISO8601 date format) may be +used to set the initial date for the log. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +a comment of the form #Serial: [0-9]* [78][NOE][12] may be used to set +serial parameters for the log - baud rate, word length, stop bits. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +a comment of the form #Transport: UDP may be used to fake a UDP source +rather than the normal pty. +</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> <para>The <application>gpsd</application> instance is run in foreground. The thread sending fake GPS data to the daemon |