.\" Manual page for ncpd .\" $Id$ .\" CHECKIN $Date$ .\" .\" Process this file with .\" groff -man -Tascii ncpd.8 for ASCII output, or .\" groff -man -Tps ncpd.8 for Postscript output .\" .TH ncpd 8 "@MANDATE@" "plptools @VERSION@" "System administration commands" .SH NAME ncpd \- Daemon which handles the serial link to a Psion .SH SYNOPSIS .B ncpd .B [-V] .B [-h] .BI "[-v " log-class ] .B [-d] .B [-e] .BI "[-p [" host ":]" port ] .BI "[-s " device ] .BI "[-b " baud-rate ] .BI [ long-options ] .SH DESCRIPTION ncpd is the daemon which handles the serial link to your Psion. It listens at port @DPORT@ for local connections and provides basic PLP/NCP services for plpnfsd and plpftp and other front-ends. It auto-connects to the psion, even after unplugging/switching off therefore it can run always in background (if you have a spare serial-device) .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-V, --version Display the version and exit .TP .B \-h, --help Display a short help text and exit. .TP .B \-e, --autoexit Exit automatically, if the device is disconnected. Furthermore, use the current tty as I/O device. This option is intended for starting ncpd on demand using mgetty's auto-detect function. (A patch for mgetty is needed for that). .TP .BI "\-v, --verbose=" log-class Increase the logging level of the program. the possible values for log-class are: .RS .TP .I nl Set NCP debug level to LOG .TP .I nd Set NCP debug level to DEBUG .TP .I ll Set Link debug level to LOG .TP .I ld Set Link debug level to DEBUG .TP .I pl Set Packet debug level to LOG .TP .I pd Set Packet debug level to DEBUG .TP .I ph Set Packet debug level to HANDSHAKE .TP .I m Set overall debug level to verbose .TP .I all Turn on all the above logging on. .RE .TP .B "\-d, --dontfork" Do not background the daemon. .TP .BI "\-p, --port=[" host: ] port Specify the port to listen on - by default the value for the host is 127.0.0.1 and the value for the port is looked up in /etc/services using the key .B psion/tcp. If it is not found there, a builtin value of @DPORT@ is used. .TP .BI "\-s, --serial=" device Specify the serial device to use to connect to the Psion - this defaults to @DDEV@ .TP .BI "\-b, --baudrate=" baud-rate Specify the baud rate to use for the serial connection. If the word .B auto is specified, ncpd cycles through baud-rates of 115200, 57600, 38400, 19200 and 9600 baud. Default setting is @DSNAME@. .SH SEE ALSO ncpd(8), plpnfsd(8), plpprintd(8), plpftp(1) and sisinstall(1) .SH AUTHOR Fritz Elfert Heavily based on p3nfsd by Rudolf Koenig (rfkoenig@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de) and plp_1_7 by Philip Proudman (phil@proudman51.freeserve.co.uk) Patches from Matt Gumbley (matt@gumbley.demon.co.uk) Man page by John Lines (john+plpman@paladin.demon.co.uk)