.\" Hey, EMACS: \-*\- nroff \-*\- .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1\-8, maybe w/ subsection .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) .TH PPS\-TOOLS 8 "05/22/2012" .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. .\" .\" Some roff macros, for reference: .\" .nh disable hyphenation .\" .hy enable hyphenation .\" .ad l left justify .\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins .\" .nf disable filling .\" .fi enable filling .\" .br insert line break .\" .sp insert n+1 empty lines .\" for manpage\-specific macros, see man(7) .SH NAME pps\-tools \- LinuxPPS support tools and headers .SH DESCRIPTION The .B pps\-tools package includes the necessary headers for using LinuxPPS PPSAPI kernel interface in user\-space applications and several support tools. .PP .B ppstest: PPSAPI interface tester .br .B ppsldisc: setup correct RS232 line discipline .br .B ppswatch: continuously print PPS timestamps .br .B ppsctl: PPS device manager .br .B ppsfind: find pps device by name .PP Most tools display a short help message if you run them with \-\-help as option. Unfortunately they do not come with any further documentation. .SH "SEE ALSO" The Wiki on http://linuxpps.org provides some documentation of the LinuxPPS PPSAPI interface. .SH AUTHORS This manual page was written by Bernd Zeimetz , for the Debian project (and may be used by others).