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| author | Chris Kuethe <chris.kuethe@gmail.com> | 2006-11-25 01:00:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Chris Kuethe <chris.kuethe@gmail.com> | 2006-11-25 01:00:41 +0000 |
| commit | 223abc28ef4401e27d6dc07250f0a3173d86155b (patch) | |
| tree | 720b43ae47ae93059f087691d4cff925f5ffba9a /gpspipe.xml | |
| parent | 5cfb20dea5d44727e3ffacf84947255a85586076 (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-223abc28ef4401e27d6dc07250f0a3173d86155b.tar.gz | |
add some very fluffy eyecandy to gpspipe:
a spinner ("twirling baton") on stderr. this might be useful if you
are redirecting gpspipe output somewhere but want to see if gpspipe is
doing anything.
Diffstat (limited to 'gpspipe.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | gpspipe.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gpspipe.xml b/gpspipe.xml index c4a21fd3..00aa9543 100644 --- a/gpspipe.xml +++ b/gpspipe.xml @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ <arg choice='opt'>-s <replaceable>serial-device</replaceable></arg> <arg choice='opt'>-t</arg> <arg choice='opt'>-w</arg> + <arg choice='opt'>-v</arg> <group> <replaceable>server</replaceable> <group><replaceable>:port</replaceable></group> @@ -78,6 +79,12 @@ output.</para> <para>-j makes the program send J=1 to the daemon, requesting fix hold across cycles.</para> +<para>-v causes <application>gpspipe</application> to show a spinning +activity indicator on stderr. This is useful if stdout is redirected +into a file or a pipe. By default the spinner is advanced with every +messages written; specifying -v more than once will double the number +of messages required to rotate the spinner.</para> + <para>-V prints the version, then exits.</para> <para>One or both or -r and -w must be specified.</para> |