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| -rw-r--r-- | cli_classic.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | flashrom.8.tmpl | 16 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/cli_classic.c b/cli_classic.c index b3930d214..0b6e79c32 100644 --- a/cli_classic.c +++ b/cli_classic.c @@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ static void cli_classic_usage(const char *name) printf(" -h | --help print this help text\n" " -R | --version print version (release)\n" " -r | --read <file> read flash and save to <file>\n" - " -w | --write <file|-> write <file> or the content provided\n" + " -w | --write (<file>|-) write <file> or the content provided\n" " on the standard input to flash\n" - " -v | --verify <file|-> verify flash against <file>\n" + " -v | --verify (<file>|-) verify flash against <file>\n" " or the content provided on the standard input\n" " -E | --erase erase flash memory\n" " -V | --verbose more verbose output\n" diff --git a/flashrom.8.tmpl b/flashrom.8.tmpl index fe2d9d6fb..3e4bc5e4b 100644 --- a/flashrom.8.tmpl +++ b/flashrom.8.tmpl @@ -82,11 +82,13 @@ Read flash ROM contents and save them into the given .BR <file> . If the file already exists, it will be overwritten. .TP -.B "\-w, \-\-write <file>" +.B "\-w, \-\-write (<file>|-)" Write .B <file> -into flash ROM. This will first automatically -.B erase +into flash ROM. If +.B - +is provided instead, contents will be read from stdin. This will first automatically + B erase the chip, then write to it. .sp In the process the chip is also read several times. First an in-memory backup @@ -124,16 +126,20 @@ region using the .BR internal programmer. It may be enabled by default in this case in the future. .TP -.B "\-v, \-\-verify <file>" +.B "\-v, \-\-verify (<file>|-)" Verify the flash ROM contents against the given .BR <file> . +If +.BR - +is provided instead, contents will be written to the stdout. .TP .B "\-E, \-\-erase" Erase the flash ROM chip. .TP .B "\-x, \-\-extract" Extract every region defined on the layout from flash ROM chip to a -file with the same name as the extracted region. +file with the same name as the extracted region (replacing spaces with +underscores). .TP .B "\-V, \-\-verbose" More verbose output. This option can be supplied multiple times |