* [kbd] [PATCH] openvt: Document the -f switch
@ 2008-06-22 8:38 Michael Schutte
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From: Michael Schutte @ 2008-06-22 8:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kbd
-f forces a VT to be opened without checking whether it already is in
use. The option works as intended, but is not documented anywhere
except for a message printed if a VT is found to be busy.
Signed-off-by: Michael Schutte <michi@uiae.at>
---
man/man1/openvt.1 | 3 +++
src/openvt.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man1/openvt.1 b/man/man1/openvt.1
index 610ad34..8a37094 100644
--- a/man/man1/openvt.1
+++ b/man/man1/openvt.1
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ specified then the environment variable $SHELL is used.
Use the given VT number and not the first available. Note you
must have write access to the supplied VT for this to work.
.TP
+.I "\-f"
+Force opening a VT without checking whether it is already in use.
+.TP
.I "\-e"
Directly execute the given command, without forking.
This option is meant for use in
diff --git a/src/openvt.c b/src/openvt.c
index 5e4443b..0ae4d54 100644
--- a/src/openvt.c
+++ b/src/openvt.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ got_vtno:
void usage(int stat)
{
fprintf(stderr,
- "Usage: openvt [-c vtnumber] [-l] [-u] [-s] [-v] [-w] -- command_line\n");
+ "Usage: openvt [-c vtnumber] [-f] [-l] [-u] [-s] [-v] [-w] -- command_line\n");
exit (stat);
}
--
1.5.5.4
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