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diff --git a/doc/info/chap/invoking.texinfo b/doc/info/chap/invoking.texinfo index ebd7910..f0a51ec 100644 --- a/doc/info/chap/invoking.texinfo +++ b/doc/info/chap/invoking.texinfo @@ -1,5 +1,43 @@ @node Invoking @chapter Invoking -@command{sleeping-getty} +Example usages: +@example +/sbin/sleeping-getty 15 /sbin/got tty15 TERM=linux + +/sbin/sleeping-getty 16 /sbin/got tty16 TERM=linux + +/sbin/sleeping-getty 20 /sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty20 linux +@end example + +The first argument shall be the number of the +virtual terminal the process waits for to be +be brought to the foreground. + +The second argument shall be pathname of the +getty program that shall be started once the +virtual terminal is in the foreground. Note +that @env{PATH} is probably not set up, and +a full pathname is required. + +The rest of the arguments shall be those that +are passed to the getty program. + +For example, +@example +/sbin/sleeping-getty 15 /sbin/got tty15 TERM=linux +@end example +@noindent +shall wait for virtual terminal number 15 +(on which you will find @file{/dev/tty15}) +to become active. Then the processes is +switch to, without forking, +@command{/sbin/got tty15 TERM=linux}, +which is Gates of Tartaros on @file{/dev/tty15} +with the environment variable @env{TERM} set +to @command{linux}. + +Note that sleeping-getty works on VT:s, not TTY:s. +It cannot wait for a serial console to become, +active, only virtual terminals. |