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cat_nvram

cat_nvram(8)							   NVRAM WakeUp 						      cat_nvram(8)

NAME

       cat_nvram - Dumps  the  contents  of  nvram  to	STDOUT.

SYNOPSIS

       cat_nvram upper_method

DESCRIPTION

       cat_nvram is a helper program from the package nvram-wakeup.  It dumps the contents of nvram to stdout using direct I/O functions.

OPTIONS

       upper_method
	      specifies the method which should be used to access the upper part of NVRAM.

	      See nvram-wakeup.conf(5) for a list of possible values.

SEE ALSO

       nvram-wakeup(8), nvram-wakeup.conf(5)

HOMEPAGE

       http://sf.net/projects/nvram-wakeup/

AUTHOR

       Written by Sergei Haller <Sergei.Haller@math.uni-giessen.de>.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs at the bug tracking system (see HOMEPAGE) or on the mailing list nvram-wakeup-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Sergei Haller.

       This  program  is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
       the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY	WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied	warranty  of  MER-
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You  should  have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
       Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

Linux								    Jul 07 2004 						      cat_nvram(8)