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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 3: Linux Commands
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Commands
config [socket]
Display current socket configuration.
eject [socket]
Prepare the system for the card(s) to be ejected.
ident [socket]
Display card identification information.
info [socket]
Display card identification information as Bourne shell vari-
able definitions for use in scripts.
insert [socket]
Notify system that a card has been inserted.
reset [socket]
Send reset signal to card.
resume [socket]
Restore power to socket and reconfigure for use.
scheme [name]
Display current scheme or change to specified scheme name.
status [socket]
Display current socket status.
suspend [socket]
Shut down device and cut power to socket.
Options
-c directory
Look for card configuration information in directory instead of
/etc/pcmcia.
-f file
Use file to keep track of the current scheme instead of /var/
run/pcmcia-scheme.
-s file
Look for current socket information in file instead of /var/run/
stab.
cardmgr
cardmgr [options]
System administration command. The PCMCIA card daemon.
cardmgr monitors PCMCIA sockets for devices that have been
added or removed. When a card is detected, it attempts to get the
card’s ID and configure it according to the card configuration data-
base (usually stored in /etc/pcmcia/config). By default, cardmgr
does two things when it detects a card: it creates ...
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