NAME¶

manual page for check_hd

SYNOPSIS¶

check_hd [options] files

DESCRIPTION¶

Try to put hardware data into a consistent form.

--check

do a lot of checks and remove unnecessary data

--sort

sort data

--reverse

reverse sorting order

--split

write separate entries for each key

--with-source

add comment to each item indicating info source

--mini

minimal data base (basically driver info only)

--join-keys-first

when combining similar items, join entries with common keys first (default is common values first)

--cfile file

create C file to be included in libhd

--no-compact

don't try to make C version as small as possible

--out file

write results to file, default is "hd.ids"

--log file

write log info to file, default is "hd.log"

Note: check_hd works with libhd/hwinfo internal format only; to convert to other formats, use convert_hd

Try to put hardware data into a consistent form.

--check

do a lot of checks and remove unnecessary data

--sort

sort data

--reverse

reverse sorting order

--split

write separate entries for each key

--with-source

add comment to each item indicating info source

--mini

minimal data base (basically driver info only)

--join-keys-first

when combining similar items, join entries with common keys first (default is common values first)

--cfile file

create C file to be included in libhd

--no-compact

don't try to make C version as small as possible

--out file

write results to file, default is "hd.ids"

--log file

write log info to file, default is "hd.log"

Note: check_hd works with libhd/hwinfo internal format only; to convert to other formats, use convert_hd