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Diffstat (limited to 'term-utils/agetty.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | term-utils/agetty.8 | 29 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/term-utils/agetty.8 b/term-utils/agetty.8 index f21634494..96d94bb48 100644 --- a/term-utils/agetty.8 +++ b/term-utils/agetty.8 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Optionally does not hang up when it is given an already opened line .IP \(bu Optionally does not display the contents of the \fI/etc/issue\fP file. .IP \(bu -Optionally displays an alternative issue file instead of \fI/etc/issue\fP. +Optionally displays an alternative issue file or directory instead of \fI/etc/issue\fP or \fI/etc/issue.d\fP. .IP \(bu Optionally does not ask for a login name. .IP \(bu @@ -113,10 +113,12 @@ is added to the \fB/bin/login\fP command line. .IP See \fB\-\-login\-options\fR. .TP -\-f, \-\-issue\-file \fIissue_file\fP -Display the contents of \fIissue_file\fP instead of \fI/etc/issue\fP. -This allows custom messages to be displayed on different terminals. -The \-\-noissue option will override this option. +\-f, \-\-issue\-file \fIfile|directory\fP +Display the contents of \fIfile\fP instead of \fI/etc/issue\fP. If the +specified path is a \fIdirectory\fP then displays all files with .issue file +extension in version-sort order from the directory. This allows custom +messages to be displayed on different terminals. The +\-\-noissue option will override this option. .TP \-h, \-\-flow\-control Enable hardware (RTS/CTS) flow control. It is left up to the @@ -337,9 +339,20 @@ Some programs use "\-\-" to indicate that the rest of the commandline should not be interpreted as options. Use this feature if available by passing "\-\-" before the username gets passed by \\u. -.SH ISSUE ESCAPES -The issue-file (\fI/etc/issue\fP, or the file set with the \fB\-\-issue\-file\fP option) -may contain certain escape codes to display the system name, date, time +.SH ISSUE FILES +The default issue file is \fI/etc/issue\fP. If the file exists then agetty also +checks for \fI/etc/issue.d\fP directory. The directory is optional extension to +the default issue file and content of the directory is printed after +\fI/etc/issue\fP content. If the \fI/etc/issue\fP does not exist than the +directory is ignored. All files with .issue extension from the directory are +printed in version-sort order. The directory allow to maintain 3rd-party +messages independently on the primary system \fI/etc/issue\fP file. + +The default path maybe overrided by \fB\-\-issue\-file\fP option. In this case +specified path has to be file or directory and the default \fI/etc/issue\fP as +well as \fI/etc/issue.d\fP are ignored. + +The issue files may contain certain escape codes to display the system name, date, time etcetera. All escape codes consist of a backslash (\\) immediately followed by one of the characters listed below. |