lnpdll(1)

πŸ“¦ version 0.9.0, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

✨ lnpdll ✨

okay so bestie, meet lnpdll β€” the BrickOS RCX downloader that does its thing through the LNP Daemon πŸ¦‹ (it's the lnpdll(1) girlie, in case the prompt didn't give it away πŸ’…)


NAME πŸŽ€

lnpdll β€” BrickOS RCX downloader communicating through the LNP Daemon


SYNOPSIS 🌸

lnpdll [-r{rcxnbr}] [-p{programslot}] [-s{srcport}] [-v] {filename.lx}

DESCRIPTION πŸ’œ

so lnpdll is literally an lnpd-aware, limited version of BrickOS dll(1) β€” and what it does is download programs to the RCX running BrickOS. iconic behaviour fr fr πŸ‘‘

the way it's different from dll(1)?? lnpdll talks to the IR Tower using the LNP Daemon instead of interacting directly with the tty serial port. no cap, that's the whole plot twist 🫢


OPTIONS ✨

here's the summary of options lnpdll understands, bestie β€” collect them all πŸŽ€

  • -r {rcxnbr} β€” download to the RCX {rcxnbr} πŸ“₯
  • -p {slotnbr} β€” place the downloaded program in {slotnbr} ([1-8] for BrickOS) πŸ—‚οΈ
  • -s {srcport} β€” the port from which you are sending the data πŸ“‘
  • -v β€” enable verbose messages (she will NOT stop talking and we love that for her) πŸ’¬
  • -h β€” Show similar help text at command-line. πŸ™‹

SEE ALSO 🌈

lnpd(8), lnptest(1), lnptest2(1)

you'll find additional documentation in /usr/share/doc/lnpd (on Debian GNU/Linux systems) πŸ“š


AUTHOR πŸ‘‘

lnpdll was written by Martin Cornelius <Martin.Cornelius@t-online.de> This man page was written by Stephen Moraco <stephen@debian.org>


lowkey a lil throwback moment: this whole thing is giving January 23, 2005 energy β€” that's the date stamped on it, and it comes to you from the General Commands Manual side of the family. 🫢

mwah, go download something to your RCX bestie πŸ’–βœ¨

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