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.TH "HCID" "8" "March 2004" "hcid - HCI daemon" "System management commands"
.SH "NAME"
hcid \- Bluetooth Host Controller Interface Daemon

.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B hcid
[
.B \-n
] [
.B \-f
.I config\-file
]

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This manual page documents briefly the
.B hcid
daemon, which manages all the Bluetooth devices. 
.B hcid
itself does not accept many command\-line options, as most of its
configuration is done in the 
.B hcid.conf
file, which has its own man page.
.B hcid
can also provide a number of services via the D-BUS message bus
system.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP 
.BI \-n
Don't fork to run daemon in background.
.TP
.BI \-d
Enable debug information output.
.TP
.BI \-s
Enable internal SDP server.
.TP 
.BI \-f\ config\-file
Use alternate configuration file instead of /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
.SH "FILES"
.TP 
.I /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
Default location of the global configuration file.

.TP 
.I /var/lib/bluetooth/nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn/linkkeys
Default location for link keys of paired devices. The directory
\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP
is the address of the local device. The file is line separated, with
the following columns separated by whitespace:

\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP Remote device address.

\fInnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn\fP Link key.

\fIn\fP Link type integer.

.TP 
.I /var/lib/bluetooth/nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn/names
Default location for the device name cache. The directory
\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP
is the address of the local device. The file is line separated, with
the following columns separated by whitespace:

\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP Remote device address.

\fIname\fP Remote device name, terminated with newline.

.TP 
.I /var/lib/bluetooth/nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn/features
Default location for the features cache. The directory
\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP
is the address of the local device. The file is line separated, with
the following columns separated by whitespace:

\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP Remote device address.

\fInnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn\fP Remote device LMP features coded as an 8 byte bitfield.

.TP 
.I /var/lib/bluetooth/nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn/manufacturers
Default location for the manufacturers cache. The directory
\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP
is the address of the local device. The file is line separated, with
the following columns separated by whitespace:

\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP\fB:\fP\fInn\fP Remote device address.

\fIn\fP Remote device manufacturer integer.

\fIn\fP Remote device LMP version integer.

\fIn\fP Remote device LMP sub-version integer.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBhcid.conf\fR(5)
.SH "AUTHOR"
This manual page was written by Philipp Matthias Hahn and Fredrik Noring.