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author | Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> | 2005-10-04 16:19:30 +0000 |
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committer | Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> | 2005-10-04 16:19:30 +0000 |
commit | 979b2b36c08dd04e3818117727a9340d6d594cb9 (patch) | |
tree | dd6474cffe513e7037f79b28dbf15bf6400cb1a2 /man | |
parent | 8953549ddf7331c54289dde19937fe82b1d2cc4a (diff) | |
download | dmidecode-git-979b2b36c08dd04e3818117727a9340d6d594cb9.tar.gz |
Document the new -s, --string option.
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diff --git a/man/vpddecode.8 b/man/vpddecode.8 index 34f0641..a216b42 100644 --- a/man/vpddecode.8 +++ b/man/vpddecode.8 @@ -37,11 +37,27 @@ the accuracy of these labels is welcome. .BR "-d" ", " "--dev-mem FILE" Read memory from device \fBFILE\fR (default: \fB/dev/mem\fR) .TP +.BR "-s" ", " "--string KEYWORD" +Only display the value of the \s-1VPD\s0 string identified by \fBKEYWORD\fR. +\fBKEYWORD\fR must be a keyword from the following list: \fBbios-build-id\fR, +\fBbox-serial-number\fR, \fBmotherboard-serial-number\fR, +\fBmachine-type-model\fR, \fBbios-release-date\fR. +Each keyword corresponds to an offset and a length within the \s-1VPD\s0 +record. +Not all strings may be defined on all \s-1VPD\s0-enabled systems. +If \fBKEYWORD\fR is not provided or not valid, a list of all valid +keywords is printed and +.B vpddecode +exits with an error. +This option cannot be used more than once. +Mutually exclusive with \fB--dump\fR. +.TP .BR "-u" ", " "--dump" Do not decode the VPD records, dump their contents as hexadecimal instead. Note that this is still a text output, no binary data will be thrown upon you. ASCII equivalent is displayed when possible. This option is mainly useful for debugging. +Mutually exclusive with \fB--string\fR. .TP .BR "-h" ", " "--help" Display usage information and exit |