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SYSTEM_PROFILER(8)					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					SYSTEM_PROFILER(8)

NAME
system_profiler -- reports system hardware and software configuration. SYNOPSIS
system_profiler [-usage] system_profiler [-listDataTypes] system_profiler [-xml] dataType1 ... dataTypeN system_profiler [-xml] [-detailLevel level] DESCRIPTION
system_profiler reports on the hardware and software configuration of the system. It can generate plain text reports or XML reports which can be opened with System Information.app Progress and error messages are printed to stderr while actual report data is printed to stdout. Redirect stderr to /dev/null to suppress progress and error messages. The following options are available: -xml Generates a report in XML format. If the XML report is redirected to a file with a ".spx" suffix that file can be opened with System Information.app. -listDataTypes Lists the available datatypes. -detailLevel level Specifies the level of detail for the report: mini report with no personal information basic basic hardware and network information full all available information -timeout Specifies the maximum time to wait in seconds for results. If some information is not available within the specified time limit then an incomplete or partial report will be generated. The default timeout is 180 seconds. Specifying a time- out of 0 means no timeout. -usage Prints usage info and examples. EXAMPLES
system_profiler Generates a text report with the standard detail level. system_profiler -detailLevel mini Generates a short report containing no personal information. system_profiler -listDataTypes Shows a list of the available data types. system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType SPNetworkDataType Generates a text report containing only software and network data. system_profiler -xml > MyReport.spx Creates a XML file which can be opened by System Profiler.app AUTHORS
Apple Computer, Inc. Darwin June 30, 2003 Darwin

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LR_XML2MAIL.IN(1)					  LogReport's Lire Documentation					 LR_XML2MAIL.IN(1)

NAME
lr_xml2mail - Formats a XML report and sends it by email SYNOPSIS
lr_xml2mail [options] report.xml recipieint... lr_xml2mail --version lr_xml2mail --help [dlf-converters|output-formats|report-templates] OPTIONS
--help [section] If no argument is given, prints usage information and exits. Argument can be one of the following: dlf-converters Prints the list of available DLF converters and exits. output-formats Prints the list of available output formats and exits. report-templates Prints the list of available report templates and exits. --output-format output format Selects the ouput format in which to generate the report. --template name Uses the report configuration template named name to merge the reports. This option is required when using the --merge option to merge reports. --merge report_file Merge report_file before formatting the report. This option can be used multiple times to merge more than two reports. --subject subject Sets the subject of the email message. Defaults to 'Your format report'. --extra-file file An additional text file that will be sent along the report. If the output format is txt, it will be appended to the report. DESCRIPTION
lr_xml2mail formats the XML reports generated by Lire to various output format and sends it by email to the recipients specified as remaining arguments. The command will make sure the report is MIME encapsulated properly depending on the output format chosen. For example, a PDF report will be sent as an attachment and (X)HTML output will appear as an HTML mail message. The content-type of the MIME message will also be set properly. From and Reply-To headers are initialized from the "lr_from" and "lr_reply_to" configuration variables. SEE ALSO
lr_log2mail(1), lr_log2report(1), lr_xml2report(1), lire(1), lire(7), documentation in the Lire User Manual AUTHOR
Francis J. Lacoste <flacoste@logreport.org> VERSION
$Id: lr_xml2mail.in,v 1.23 2006/07/23 13:16:33 vanbaal Exp $ COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org 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 MERCHANTABILITY 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 (see COPYING); if not, check with http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html. Lire 2.1.1 2006-07-23 LR_XML2MAIL.IN(1)
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