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systool

SYSTOOL(1)						      General Commands Manual							SYSTOOL(1)

NAME

       systool - view system device information by bus, class, and topology

SYNOPSIS

       systool [options [device]]

DESCRIPTION

       Calling systool without parameters will present all available bus types, device classes, and root devices.

       When device is supplied, the information reqested by options is shown only for the specified device, otherwise all present devices are dis-
       played.

       systool uses APIs provided by libsysfs to gather information.  systool runs only on Linux systems running kernels 2.5 or  later,  with  the
       sysfs filesystem mounted.

OPTIONS

       -a     Show attributes of the requested resource

       -b bus Show information for a specific bus

       -c class
	      Show information for a specific class

       -d     Show only devices

       -h     Show usage

       -m module_name
	      Show information for a specific module

       -p     Show absolute sysfs path to the resource

       -v     Show all attributes with values

       -A attribute
	      Show attribute value for the requested resource

       -D     Show only drivers

       -P     Show device's parent

SEE ALSO

       The web page of libsysfs at http://linux-diag.sourceforge.net/Sysfsutils.html

AUTHOR

       systool was written by Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> and Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>.

       This man page was contributed by Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

Martin Pitt							 October 12, 2003							SYSTOOL(1)

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