splashy_update1

Usage

Overview

Splashy displays an image and a progress bar at boot time. splashy_update is used to send commands to the running Splashy daemon. See "COMMANDS" below to know which commands Splashy understands.

Options

text

Sends text to Splashy socket.

Commands

chroot <string>

<string> is a valid path to which Splashy will be chroot'd.

chvt <number>

Switch to vt <number>.

clear

Clears the text box area.

CLEAR

Same as "clrprint". For compatibility with usplash.

exit

Exits Splashy server.

getstring <string>

Makes splashy prompt for a string. The first argument will be the prompt displayed.

getpass <string>

Same as getstring except that the characters typed will no be shown, like in a password box.

progress <number>

Updates the progress bar to <number>%, where N is a number between 0 and 100.

PROGRESS <number>

Same as "progress". For compatibility with usplash.

print <string>

Print <string> in the text box.

scroll <string>

Print <string> in the text box and scroll down.

repaint

Redraw the background image.

TEXT <string>

Same as "print". For compatibility with usplash.

SCROLL <string>

Same as "scroll".

timeout <number>

Sets the amount of seconds splashy waits for new commands. If that time is exceeded, it exits.

QUIT

Same as "exit". For compatibility with usplash.

Return codes

1 cannot open the socket

2 cannot write to socket

3 invalid args

255 /etc/splashy does not exist

Files

/etc/splashy/config.xml

Main configuration. defines how splashy should be setup.