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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2024-02-20 15:41:16 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2024-02-21 15:11:27 +0100
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parentbsod: adjust --help text to match our usual output (diff)
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bsod: add new option --tty= to specify TTY to output on
If specified we'll not try to find a free V, but instead just output directly to the specified TTY. This is particularly useful for debugging, as it means "systemd-bsod --tty=/dev/tty" just works.
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@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@
<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v255"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--tty=</option><replaceable></replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Specify the TTY to output to. By default <command>systemd-bsod</command> will
+ automatically find a free VT to display the message on. If this option is specified a TTY may be
+ selected explicitly. Use <option>--tty=/dev/tty</option> to direct output to the terminal the command
+ is invoked on.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>