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authorKarel Zak2014-05-19 10:59:54 +0200
committerKarel Zak2014-05-19 10:59:54 +0200
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parentagetty: Update help usage function (diff)
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agetty: update man page
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'term-utils/agetty.8')
-rw-r--r--term-utils/agetty.824
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/term-utils/agetty.8 b/term-utils/agetty.8
index 5fd80858f..a39d81fcd 100644
--- a/term-utils/agetty.8
+++ b/term-utils/agetty.8
@@ -131,7 +131,10 @@ anything else. This may be used to initialize a modem. Non-printable
characters may be sent by writing their octal code preceded by a
backslash (\\). For example, to send a linefeed character (ASCII 10,
octal 012), write \\012.
-.PP
+.TP
+\-J,\-\-noclear
+Do not clear the screen before prompting for the login name
+(the screen is normally cleared).
.TP
\-l, \-\-login\-program \fIlogin_program\fP
Invoke the specified \fIlogin_program\fP instead of /bin/login.
@@ -176,6 +179,9 @@ space parity, 7 bit characters, and ASCII CR (13) end-of-line character.
Beware that the program that \fBagetty\fR starts (usually /bin/login)
is run as root.
.TP
+\-N, \-\-nonewline
+Do not print a newline before writing out /etc/issue.
+.TP
\-o, \-\-login\-options "\fIlogin_options\fP"
Options that are passed to the login program. \\u is replaced
by the login name. The default \fB/bin/login\fP command line
@@ -213,16 +219,9 @@ Wait for the user or the modem to send a carriage-return or a
linefeed character before sending the \fI/etc/issue\fP (or other) file
and the login prompt. Very useful in connection with the \-I option.
.TP
-\-\-noclear
-Do not clear the screen before prompting for the login name
-(the screen is normally cleared).
-.TP
\-\-nohints
Do not print hints about Num, Caps and Scroll Locks.
.TP
-\-\-nonewline
-Do not print a newline before writing out /etc/issue.
-.TP
\-\-nohostname
By default the hostname will be printed. With this option enabled,
no hostname at all will be shown.
@@ -244,6 +243,15 @@ kill ("ignore all previous characters") when the user types the login name.
The default additional \'kill\' has been \'@\', but since util-linux 2.23
no additional kill characters are enabled by default.
.TP
+\-\-chdir \fIdirectory\fP
+Change directory before the login.
+.TP
+\-\-delay \fInumber\fP
+Sleep seconds before open tty.
+.TP
+\-\-nice \fInumber\fP
+Run login with this priority.
+.TP
\-\-version
Display version information and exit.
.TP