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bdconfig(1M)		System Administration Commands		  bdconfig(1M)

NAME
       bdconfig - configures the bd (buttons and dials) stream

SYNOPSIS
       bdconfig [startup] [off] [on] [term] [status] [verbose]

DESCRIPTION
       The bdconfig utility is responsible for configuring the autopush facil‐
       ity and defining to the system what serial device to  use  for  the  bd
       stream.

OPTIONS
       If  no  options are given, then an interactive mode is assumed. In this
       mode the current status is presented along with this usage line, and  a
       series of interactive questions asked to determine the user's desires.

       Root  privilege	is  required  to  change the configuration. The status
       option does not require root privilege. bdconfig can be installed as  a
       setuid root program.

       The non-interactive options below can be given in any order.

       term	       Specify	to  the	 system the serial device for  bd use.
		       This option implies  the	 on  option  unless  the   off
		       option is present.

       iff	       Reconfigure the configured term for tty use.

       on	       Reconfigure  the	 configured  term for  bd use. If term
		       has not been previously specified,   interactive	 ques‐
		       tions are asked to determine  the user's desires.

       startup	       Configure as was last configured before the system went
		       down. This option is used by the	 startup  script,  and
		       precludes the use of the
			on,  off,  and	term options. This option implies non-
		       interactive mode.

       status	       Emit the current configuration in terms	of  the	 words
		       used as options: off, on, /dev/term/a, /dev/term/b, and
		       so forth. This option implies non interactive mode.

       verbose	       bdconfig describes what it finds and what it is doing.

EXIT STATUS
       The bdconfig utility returns 0 on success, 1 on general error, and 2 on
       argument error.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWdialh			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       autopush(1M),  attributes(5),  x_buttontest(6),	x_dialtest(6), bd(7M),
       sad(7D), streamio(7I)

NOTES
       All  bdconfig does is configure the AUTOPUSH  facility.	bdconfig  does
       not  actually manipulate the serial port or stream in any way. Only the
       first open of a dismantled stream will see the effects of a  previously
       run bdconfig.

       The bdconfig utility is silent except for error messages unless:

       a)	invoked with no args: status / usage line emitted

       b)	interactive modes are invoked as described above

       c)	the verbose option is used

BUGS
       The  interface  does not support more than one  dialbox and one button‐
       box, both of which must	be on the same serial device.

       There should be a library routine to read, parse, and validate  records
       in  the	iu.ap  file,  so that bdconfig could return to the appropriate
       record in iu.ap as the default configuration.

SunOS 5.10			  18 May 1993			  bdconfig(1M)
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