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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2005-03-15 14:19:12 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2005-03-15 14:19:12 +0000
commitcce034cd8b60426bffbf75023571b3d7e936abdb (patch)
tree15b7bce41333fd319c5f1a4efcfd1a9bb81ec7bc /gpsfake.xml
parent043c4f2a4ee51cda2a844cd7d144d000fa8d1e06 (diff)
downloadgpsd-cce034cd8b60426bffbf75023571b3d7e936abdb.tar.gz
Enhancements to gpsfake, and an NMEA packet fix.
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diff --git a/gpsfake.xml b/gpsfake.xml
index 5f849ed5..65c94374 100644
--- a/gpsfake.xml
+++ b/gpsfake.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
<command>gpsfake</command>
<arg choice='opt'>-h</arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-c <replaceable>interval</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice='opt'>-l</arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-n</arg>
+ <arg choice='opt'>-o <replaceable>options</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-s <replaceable>speed</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'><replaceable>logfile</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
@@ -33,6 +35,10 @@ thinks the slave side of the pty is its GPS device, and repeatedly
feeds the contents of a test logfile through the master side to the
GPS.</para>
+<para>The <application>gpsd</application> instance is run in
+background, but with logging to standard error attached so you
+will see the messages.</para>
+
<para>Because of the baud-rate hunting logic, the first sentence in
the file will not necessarily be the first presented to the sentence
parser.</para>
@@ -43,10 +49,16 @@ parser.</para>
<para>The -c option sets the delay between sentences in
seconds. Fractional values of seconds are legal.</para>
+<para>The -l option maes the program dump a line number just before
+each sentence is fed to the daemon.</para>
+
<para>The -n option suppresses launch of the daemon. Instead,
<application>gpsfake</application> will tell you the name of the slave
pty so you can launch in instance that reads it.</para>
+<para>The -o option specifies options to pass to the daemon.
+Passing "-n -D 4" is iften useful.</para>
+
<para>The -s option sets the baud rate for the slave tty. The
default is 4800.</para>