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+.TH "gnokiid" "8" "May 27, 2001" "" "Gnokii"
+.SH "NAME"
+gnokiid \- create a virtual modem for Nokia portable phones
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.B gnokiid
+
+.B gnokiid
+[\fB\-\-help\fR|\fB\-\-version\fR|\fB\-\-debug\fR]
+
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP 
+.B gnokiid
+is a tool from the Gnokii tool suite used to create a virtual modem device with a Nokia portable telephone.  The virtual modem device is usually accessed via a symbolic link called /dev/gnokii (created automatically by \fBmgnokiidev\fR(8)).
+
+.PP 
+After 
+.B gnokiid
+has created the virtual modem, it can be accessed like any other Hayes\-compatible modem by such programs as the terminal program \fBminicom\fR(1) or the PPP daemon \fBpppd\fR(8) to make standard data connections to remote computers.
+
+.PP 
+The full range of portable telephone functions (SMS messaging, phone book, operator logos, etc.) are accessed using the command\-line program \fBgnokii\fR(1) or the graphical interface program \fBxgnokii\fR(1x).
+
+
+.PP 
+Gnokii
+is a Linux/Unix tool suite and (eventually) modem/fax driver for Nokia mobile phones, released under the GPL.
+.PP 
+Gnokii
+supports most phones from the 3810/8110 and 5110/6110 series, details including bugs specific to each series appear in the files Docs/README\-3810 and Docs/README\-6110 respectively.  
+
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP 
+If called without any options, \fBgnokiid\fR will set up a virtual modem device using the settings in /etc/gnokiirc or in the user's ~/.gnokiirc (if it exists).  Otherwise,
+
+.TP 
+\fB\-\-help\fR
+print out a short usage message
+.TP 
+\fB\-\-version\fR
+print out version, copyright, phone, and serial device info
+.TP 
+\fB\-\-debug\fR
+uses STDIN/STDOUT for a virtual modem
+.SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
+Various error messages are printed to STDERR.
+.SH "BUGS"
+.PP 
+Hmmm...
+
+
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+Hugh Blemings <hugh@blemings.org> and Pavel Janik ml. <Pavel.Janik@suse.cz> are the authors of the
+Gnokii
+tool suite.
+
+This manual page was written by Erik Rossen <rossen@freesurf.ch>.
+
+See also Docs/CREDITS from the Gnokii sources.
+.SH "COPYING"
+This program is distributed under the GNU Public License.
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+gnokii, xgnokii, mgnokiidev