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.TH "BLUETOOTHD" "8" "March 2004" "Bluetooth daemon" "System management commands"
.SH "NAME"
bluetoothd \- Bluetooth daemon

.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B bluetoothd [--version] | [--help]

.B bluetoothd [--nodetach] [--compat] [--experimental] [--debug=<files>] [--plugin=<plugins>] [--noplugin=<plugins>]

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This manual page documents briefly the
.B bluetoothd
daemon, which manages all the Bluetooth devices.
.B bluetoothd
can also provide a number of services via the D-Bus message bus
system.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
.B -v, --version
Print bluetoothd version and exit.
.TP
.B -h, --help
Print bluetoothd options and exit.
.TP
.B -n, --nodetach
Enable logging in foreground. Directs log output to the controlling terminal \
in addition to syslog.
.TP
.B -f, --configfile
Specifies an explicit config file path instead of relying on the default path \
(/etc/bluetooth/main.conf) for the config file.
.TP
.B -d, --debug=<file1>:<file2>:...
Sets how much information bluetoothd sends to the log destination (usually \
syslog's "daemon" facility). If the file options are omitted, then debugging \
information from all the source files are printed. If file options are \
present, then only debug prints from that source file are printed. The option \
can be a pattern containing "*" and "?" characters.

Example: --debug=src/adapter.c:src/agent.c
.TP
.B -p, --plugin=<plugin1>,<plugin2>,..
Load these plugins only. The option can be a pattern containing "*" and "?" \
characters.
.TP
.B -P, --noplugin=<plugin1>,<plugin2>,..
Never load these plugins. The option can be a pattern containing "*" and "?" \
characters.
.TP
.B -C, --compat
Provide deprecated command line interfaces.
.TP
.B -E, --experimental
Enable experimental interfaces. Those interfaces are not guaranteed to be
compatible or present in future releases.
.SH "FILES"
.TP
.I /etc/bluetooth/main.conf
Location of the global configuration file.

.SH "AUTHOR"
This manual page was written by Marcel Holtmann, Philipp Matthias Hahn and Fredrik Noring.