debian man page for gpsdctl

GPSDCTL(8)							GPSD Documentation							GPSDCTL(8)

NAME
       gpsdctl - tool for sending commands to gpsd over its control socket

SYNOPSIS
       gpdsctl action device

DESCRIPTION
       This is a tool for sending an instance of gpsd commands over its control socket to add or remove devices from the daemon's device list. It
       is not intended to be called by users, but rather by the Linux hotplug system and similar facilities.

       The action argument may be "add" or "remove". If no daemon instance is running when an add is requested, this program will launch one.

       The "device" argument should be the pathname of a device. A device on the list will be opened to read sensor data whenever a client
       requests a watch.

       Two environment variables are interpreted.  GPSD_SOCKET sets the location of the control socket. It defaults to /var/run/gpsd.sock.

       GPSD_OPTIONS may be a list of options to be passed to gpsd when this tool launches it. It defaults to an empty string.

SEE ALSO
       gpsd(8), gpsctl(1), gps(1), libgps(3), libgpsd(3), gpsprof(1), gpsfake(1).

AUTHOR
       Eric S. Raymond esr@thyrsus.com.

The GPSD Project						    25 Jun 2011 							GPSDCTL(8)