usbmuxd

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NAME

usbmuxd - iPhone/iPod Touch USB multiplex server daemon

SYNOPSIS

usbmuxd [options]

DESCRIPTION

usbmuxd stands for "USB multiplexing daemon". To the user/developer what it actually does is to proxy requests over a USB cable on directly to a listening TCP port on the iPhone.

OPTIONS

-h|--help: Print this message.
-v|--verbose: Be verbose (use twice or more to increase).
-f|--foreground: Do not daemonize (implies one -v).
-U|--user[=USER]: Change to this user after startup (needs usb privileges). If USER is not specified, defaults to usbmux.
-u|--udev: Run in udev operation mode.
-x|--exit: Tell a running instance to exit if there are no devices connected (must be in udev mode).
-X|--force-exit: Tell a running instance to exit, even if there are still devices connected (always works).

AUTHORS

Hector Martin "marcan" <hector@marcansoft.com>

Nikias Bassen <nikias@gmx.li>

Paul Sladen <libiphone@paul.sladen.org>

Man page written to conform with Debian by Julien Lavergne.