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authorkhali <khali>2005-02-10 21:30:48 +0000
committerkhali <khali>2005-02-10 21:30:48 +0000
commit1dd506069477355a1f374da97d23eaa5cfa46cd7 (patch)
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parent2d15eab43f9f3dd31ca03bb1b44385dd8fecb980 (diff)
downloaddmidecode-1dd506069477355a1f374da97d23eaa5cfa46cd7.tar.gz
Document the new command-line interface.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/biosdecode.816
-rw-r--r--man/dmidecode.816
-rw-r--r--man/ownership.818
-rw-r--r--man/vpddecode.816
4 files changed, 61 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/biosdecode.8 b/man/biosdecode.8
index f772392..412b1c7 100644
--- a/man/biosdecode.8
+++ b/man/biosdecode.8
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-.TH BIOSDECODE 8 "December 2003" "dmidecode"
+.TH BIOSDECODE 8 "February 2005" "dmidecode"
.SH NAME
biosdecode \- \s-1BIOS\s0 information decoder
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B biosdecode
+.RB [ OPTIONS ]
+
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B biosdecode
parses the \s-1BIOS\s0 memory and prints information about all structures (or
@@ -50,6 +52,18 @@ started its life as a part of
.B dmidecode
but as more entry point types were added, if was moved to a different
program.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BR "-d" ", " "--dev-mem FILE"
+Read memory from device \fBFILE\fR (default: \fB/dev/mem\fR)
+.TP
+.BR "-h" ", " "--help"
+Display usage information and exit
+.TP
+.BR "-V" ", " "--version"
+Display the version and exit
+
.SH FILES
.I /dev/mem
.SH BUGS
diff --git a/man/dmidecode.8 b/man/dmidecode.8
index 8120c0e..bc258fb 100644
--- a/man/dmidecode.8
+++ b/man/dmidecode.8
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-.TH DMIDECODE 8 "December 2003" "dmidecode"
+.TH DMIDECODE 8 "February 2005" "dmidecode"
.SH NAME
dmidecode \- \s-1DMI\s0 table decoder
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dmidecode
+.RB [ OPTIONS ]
+
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B dmidecode
is a tool for dumping a computer's \s-1DMI\s0 (some say \s-1SMBIOS\s0) table
@@ -53,6 +55,18 @@ displayed value.
Decoded values. The information presented of course depends on the type
of record. Here, we learn about the board's manufacturer, model, version
and serial number.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BR "-d" ", " "--dev-mem FILE"
+Read memory from device \fBFILE\fR (default: \fB/dev/mem\fR)
+.TP
+.BR "-h" ", " "--help"
+Display usage information and exit
+.TP
+.BR "-V" ", " "--version"
+Display the version and exit
+
.SH FILES
.I /dev/mem
.SH BUGS
diff --git a/man/ownership.8 b/man/ownership.8
index bb61551..f24ef94 100644
--- a/man/ownership.8
+++ b/man/ownership.8
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-.TH OWNERSHIP 8 "February 2004" "dmidecode"
+.TH OWNERSHIP 8 "February 2005" "dmidecode"
.SH NAME
ownership \- Compaq ownership tag retriever
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ownership
+.RB [ OPTIONS ]
+
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ownership
retrieves and prints the "ownership tag" that can be set on Compaq
@@ -10,8 +12,20 @@ computers. Contrary to all other programs of the
.B dmidecode
package,
.B ownership
-doesn't print any version information, nor labels, but the only the raw
+doesn't print any version information, nor labels, but only the raw
ownership tag. This should help its integration in scripts.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BR "-d" ", " "--dev-mem FILE"
+Read memory from device \fBFILE\fR (default: \fB/dev/mem\fR)
+.TP
+.BR "-h" ", " "--help"
+Display usage information and exit
+.TP
+.BR "-V" ", " "--version"
+Display the version and exit
+
.SH FILES
.I /dev/mem
.SH AUTHOR
diff --git a/man/vpddecode.8 b/man/vpddecode.8
index 8335c1e..028b8b8 100644
--- a/man/vpddecode.8
+++ b/man/vpddecode.8
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-.TH VPDDECODE 8 "February 2004" "dmidecode"
+.TH VPDDECODE 8 "February 2005" "dmidecode"
.SH NAME
vpddecode \- \s-1VPD\s0 structure decoder
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vpddecode
+.RB [ OPTIONS ]
+
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B vpddecode
prints the "vital product data" information that can be found in almost
@@ -29,6 +31,18 @@ Default Flash Image File Name
Note that these additional items are not documented by IBM, so this is
guess work, and as such should not be blindly trusted. Feedback about
the accuracy of these labels is welcome.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BR "-d" ", " "--dev-mem FILE"
+Read memory from device \fBFILE\fR (default: \fB/dev/mem\fR)
+.TP
+.BR "-h" ", " "--help"
+Display usage information and exit
+.TP
+.BR "-V" ", " "--version"
+Display the version and exit
+
.SH FILES
.I /dev/mem
.SH BUGS