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6 neard - Near Field Communication daemon
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9 neard [--version] | [--help]
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11 neard [--debug=<file1>:<file2>:...] [--plugin=<plugin1>,<plugin2>,...]
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15 neard is an NFC (Near Field Communication) daemon for managing NFC
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17 the Linux kernel NFC socket and generic netlink families, and is a
18 fully modular system that can be extended through plug-ins.
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20 It supports all 4 NFC tag types reading and writing, along with NFC
21 LLCP (peer to peer mode) in both target and initiator modes. The Simple
22 NDEF Exchange Protocol (SNEP), NDEF Push Protocol (NPP) and handover
23 (Wi-Fi and Bluetooth) protocols are implemented as separate plugins on
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27 The following options are supported:
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29 --version
30 Print the neard software version and exit.
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32 --help Print neard's available options and exit.
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34 --debug=<file1>:<file2>:...
35 Sets how much information neard sends to the log destination
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42 --plugin=<plugin1>,<plugin2>,...
43 Load these plugins only. The option can be a pattern containing
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46 --noplugin=<plugin1>,<plugin2>,...
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51 Do not daemonize. This is useful for debugging, and directs log
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60 7 March 2013 NEARD(8)