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.TH "KVKCARD" "1" "2009 March 19th" "Manual for kvkcard" ""

.SH "NAME"
.B kvkcard
- a commandline tool to read information from a German medical card

.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B kvkcard
.RB read
|
.RB daemon
|
.RB rdvd
|
.RB rdpd
[
[
.RB -v
|
.RB --verbous
] [
.RB -f FILE
|
.RB --filename=FILE
] [
.RB -c CARDID
|
.RB --cardid=CARDID
] [
.RB -b
|
.RB --beep
] [
.RB -d
|
.RB --dosmode
] [
.RB -p PROGRAM
|
.RB --program=PROGRAM
] [
.RB -a ARGUMENTS
|
.RB --args=ARGUMENTS
] [
.RB -h
|
.RB --help
]
]

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.B kvkcard
is a commandline tool to read information from a German medical card (KVK or eGK).


.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
.TP
.B read
Read data from a German medical card.
.TP
.B daemon
Wait for insertion of a German medical card and run a
program on it.
.TP
.B rdvd
Dump RDVD data structure of a card.
.TP
.B rdpd
Dump RDPD data structure of a card.

.TP
.B -v | --verbous
Every occurrence of this option increases the verbosity.
.TP
.B -f FILE | --filename=FILE
File to write to. If omitted stdout will be used.
.TP
.B -c CARDID | --cardid=CARDID
Set the ID of the card to read.
.TP
.B -b | --beep
Beep after reading a card.
.TP
.B -d | --dosmode
Output data in DOS mode.
.TP
.B -p PROGRAM | --program=PROGRAM
Program to call on cards found.
.TP
.B -a ARGUMENTS | --args=ARGUMENTS
Arguments for the program to be called
.TP
.B -h | --help
Shows this help.

.SH "FILES"
.PP 
.TP 
.B /etc/chipcard/
The system-wide configuration files.
.TP 
.B /var/log/chipcard/
The default log files.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
.TP
.B http://www.libchipcard.de
Homepage of libchipcard project.
.TP
.B /usr/share/doc/libchipcard-tools/
Local documentation.

.SH "REVISION"
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