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+.TH "mgnokiidev" "8" "May 27, 2001" "" "Gnokii"
+.SH "NAME"
+mgnokiidev \- links /dev/gnokii to a virtual modem
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.B mgnokiidev \fI/dev/pts/?\fR
+
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP 
+.B mgnokiidev
+is a tool from the Gnokii tool suite used to create the link /dev/gnokii that points to a pseudo\-tty (/dev/pts/?).
+
+.PP 
+It is called after 
+.B gnokiid
+has created a virtual modem that is attached to the pty.  It's operation is transparent under normal usage as gnokiid takes care of calling it when required.
+
+.PP 
+Since
+.B mgnokiidev
+must modifiy files in /dev, it must be either run as root or SUID root.  The latter is the preferred method.  Normally the 
+.B mgnokiidev
+binary is chmod 4750 and owned by root.gnokii.
+
+.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 "DIAGNOSTICS"
+Various error messages are printed to STDERR.
+.SH "BUGS"
+.PP 
+None reported.
+
+
+.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"
+gnokiid, gnokii