From 7ba54d197dac8d5ae380271259ba4d8843f01b4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Gideon Dann Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:26:32 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Adding README file for the wakeonlan plugin --- plugins/wakeonlan/README | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 plugins/wakeonlan/README diff --git a/plugins/wakeonlan/README b/plugins/wakeonlan/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..16fdd4587 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/wakeonlan/README @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +This plugin provides a wrapper around the "wakeonlan" tool available from most +distributions' package repositories, or from the following website: + +http://gsd.di.uminho.pt/jpo/software/wakeonlan/ + +In order to use this wrapper, create the ~/.wakeonlan directory, and place in +that directory one file for each device you would like to be able to wake. Give +the file a name that describes the device, such as its hostname. Each file +should contain a line with the mac address of the target device and the network +broadcast address. + +For instance, there might be a file ~/.wakeonlan/leto with the following +contents: + +00:11:22:33:44:55:66 192.168.0.255 + +To wake that device, use the following command: + +# wake leto + +The available device names will be autocompleted, so: + +# wake + +...will suggest "leto", along with any other configuration files that were +placed in the ~/.wakeonlan directory. + +For more information regarding the configuration file format, check the +wakeonlan man page.