[Pcsclite-cvs-commit] r5501 - /trunk/PCSC/doc/pcscd.8.in
rousseau at users.alioth.debian.org
rousseau at users.alioth.debian.org
Thu Jan 13 17:21:27 UTC 2011
Author: rousseau
Date: Thu Jan 13 17:21:24 2011
New Revision: 5501
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pcsclite/?sc=1&rev=5501
Log:
Remove references to a init.d/pcscd script since pcscd is autostarted by
default now.
Modified:
trunk/PCSC/doc/pcscd.8.in
Modified: trunk/PCSC/doc/pcscd.8.in
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pcsclite/trunk/PCSC/doc/pcscd.8.in?rev=5501&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- trunk/PCSC/doc/pcscd.8.in (original)
+++ trunk/PCSC/doc/pcscd.8.in Thu Jan 13 17:21:24 2011
@@ -50,25 +50,14 @@
file to detect added or removed non-USB readers (serial or PCMCIA).
.
.SH DESCRIPTION
-pcscd is the daemon program for pcsc-lite and the MuscleCard framework. It is
-a resource manager that coordinates communications with smart card readers
-and smart cards and cryptographic tokens that are connected to the system.
+pcscd is the daemon program for pcsc-lite. It is a resource manager that
+coordinates communications with smart card readers and smart cards and
+cryptographic tokens that are connected to the system.
.PP
-pcscd is normally started at boot time from
-.IR @confdir_exp@/init.d/pcscd .
-It allows applications to access smart cards and readers without knowing
-details of the card or reader.
+It allows applications to access smart cards and readers using the
+winscard API but without knowing details of the card or reader.
.PP
pcscd coordinates the loading of drivers for card readers.
-.PP
-The purpose of pcsc-lite is to provide a cross compatible API (called
-winscard) for migrating Windows based PC/SC applications to Unix.
-.PP
-At startup, pcscd loads the smart card reader drivers specified in the
-.I @confdir_exp@/reader.conf
-file (or specified using
-.B \-\-config
-.IR file ).
.
.SH "SERIAL SMART CARD READER DRIVERS"
Smart card reader drivers are placed in the
@@ -93,9 +82,6 @@
.I @confdir_exp@/reader.conf
: Reader configuration file
.PP
-.I @confdir_exp@/init.d/pcscd
-: pcscd startup script
-.PP
.I @ipcdir@/pcscd.pid
: process id of the running pcscd
.PP
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