SIGA(1)

NAME
siga - System Information GAthering

SYNOPSIS
siga [OPTION] [-Support Option]

DESCRIPTION
This is siga, System Information GAthering. It collects various information on your system and outputs it in HTML or ASCII format. Since it needs root permissions, you will be asked for the root password. It is very handy as an information source during installation support phone calls. It is now possible to collect only the desired data, take a look at the Support Options.

basic options :

siga 		       (use w3m & pico)

siga net              (use Netscape & kde Editor in X)

siga kon              (use konqueror & kde Editor in X)

siga lynx             (forces lynx & pico)

siga lynxvi           (forces lynx & vi)

siga w3m              (forces w3m & pico)

siga w3mvi            (forces w3m & vi)

siga no               (no browser output, only gathering)

siga floppy           (no output, copy data to floppy)

siga write            (no output, copy data to directory)

support options :

siga -m               (same as tail -f /var/log/messages)

siga -modem           (shows all about modem)

siga -hw              (shows all about hardware)

siga -boot            (shows all about booting)

siga -net             (shows all about network)

siga -laptop          (shows all about laptop)

siga -install         (shows info about install)

siga -sound           (shows all about sound)

siga -x11             (shows all about x11)

siga -print           (shows all about printer, this restarts cups!)

siga -cdr             (shows all about cd-r burner)

siga -isdn            (shows all about isdn)

siga -you             (shows all about you)
     it is possible to combine the options, e.g.

siga floppy -modem

you will find the output in /tmp

/tmp/siga.html

/tmp/siga.txt

AUTHOR
Written by Martin Lasarsch & Stefan Schmidt

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <mlasars@suse.de>

CREDITS
thanks to henne <scripts@hennevogel.de> for hosting & advertising

COPYRIGHT
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA