OSDCTL(1)						      General Commands Manual							 OSDCTL(1)

NAME

       osdctl - Controls osdsh via the command line

SYNOPSIS

       osdctl <command>

DESCRIPTION

       osdctl is the command line tool to control a running osdsh(1)

COMMANDS

       -h     Display help

       -s string
	      displays a string

       -b name,val
	      displays a bar up to val, named "name"

       -l name,val
	      displays a slider at val, named "name"

       -t int display the clock for int seconds

       -c <0|1>
	      (de)activate the osd clock

       -m <0|1>
	      (de)activate the mixer display

       -p <0|1>
	      (de)activate the ppp watch feature

       -a <0|1|2>
	      (de)activate the apm watch feature
	      1 for not to show percent bar, 2 to show it

       -d interface
	      set the ppp interface (Default: ppp0)

       -A int show battery status for int seconds

       -e "comm args"
	      tell osdsh to do "comm" with "args"

       -S scriptfile
	      execute commands form scriptfile

       -x     tell osdsh to quit

SEE ALSO

       osdsh(1), osdshconfig(1).

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

								  August 31, 2003							 OSDCTL(1)