PPS-TOOLS(8)
π PPS-TOOLS π
okay bestie, welcome to PPS-TOOLS(8) β it's a System Manager's Manual page and it's giving "the docs are short but the vibes are immaculate." sit down, grab a strawberry π, we're gonna talk about LinuxPPS for like two minutes and then you'll be obsessed.
β¨ NAME β¨
pps-tools β LinuxPPS support tools and headers π«Ά
π DESCRIPTION π
The pps-tools package includes the necessary headers for using the LinuxPPS PPSAPI kernel interface in user-space applications, plus several support tools. yes, headers AND tools, it's a whole package deal, no cap π
Here's the squad:
ppstestβ PPSAPI interface tester π§ͺppswatchβ continuously print PPS timestamps β±οΈ like it literally never stops, main character energyppsctlβ PPS device manager πppsfindβ find pps device by name π
Most tools display a short help message if you run them with --help as option. So like, that's your bestie right there. π
π Unfortunately they do not come with any further documentation. that's it. that's the docs. the --help IS the documentation. we're thriving anyway.
πΈ SEE ALSO πΈ
The Wiki on http://linuxpps.org provides some documentation of the LinuxPPS PPSAPI interface. so if you want the deep lore, that's where it lives, iykyk π¦
π AUTHORS π
This manual page was written by Bernd Zeimetz <bzed@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others). shoutout Bernd, iconic behavior, thank you for your service π«‘β¨
okay that's the whole page bestie!! it's from the PPS-TOOLS(8) manual, dated 05/22/2012 β yes it's a vintage, we love a classic ππΈπ¦ periodt β¨
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: pps-tools 1.0.2-2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- debian trixie: pps-tools 1.0.2-2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: pps-tools 1.0.2-2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: pps-tools 1.0.2-2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu resolute: pps-tools 1.0.2-2build1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: pps-tools 1.0.3-0.1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
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