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KEYBOARD-DAEMON(1) General Commands Manual KEYBOARD-DAEMON(1) NAME keyboard-daemon -- read from a keyboard device node and execute com- mands SYNOPSIS keyboard-daemon [-Vdv] [-f config_file] <device_node> DESCRIPTION The keyboard-daemon utility attaches to a given <device_node> and reads keypresses from it. The options are as follows: -V Return the version of keyboard-daemon. -d Daemonize (run in background). -v Verbose mode (useful for finding scan codes). -f config_file Specify an alternative configuration file. The default is for /usr/local/etc/keyboard-daemon.conf. -p pidfile Specify a pidfile. This only takes effect if -d is specified. FILES /usr/local/etc/keyboard-daemon.conf EXAMPLES Before starting keyboard-daemon, the target <device_node> must be dis- connected from the kbdmux(4) using kdbcontrol(1), for example using FreeBSD: # kbdcontrol -A device_node < /dev/console This is performed automatically when using the FreeBSD rc script. DIAGNOSTICS The keyboard-daemon utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error oc- curs. AUTHORS Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD Ports 14.quarterly February 24, 2013 KEYBOARD-DAEMON(1)
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