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I could not find no clear doc either in the cmdline tool itself, or in the manpage about what a certain option is supposed to do,
and how options are supposed to relate to each other.
./src/efivar --help
Usage: efivar [OPTION...]
-l, --list list current variables
^^^ where? In the local filesystem? In the file specified with "-f" ...?
-p, --print print variable specified by --name
^^^ on which variables does the command operate?
-D, --dmpstore use DMPSTORE format when exporting
-d, --print-decimal print variable in decimal values specified by --name
^^^ the decimal value is specified by --name?
-n, --name= variable to manipulate, in the form
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot0000
...
-f, --datafile= load or save variable contents from
^^^ which ACTIONS are affected by this option?
-e, --export= export variable to
^^^ export variable FROM where?
-i, --import= import variable from
^^^ import variable INTO where?
-L, --list-guids show internal guid list
-w, --write write to variable specified by --name
^^^ the variable in the file, or in the local machine or ???
Help options:
-?, --help Show this help message
^^^ the help function is not very helpful I think.
I attempted to run efivar -l -f datafile to get a list of the variable stored in this file, but to my surprise I got the variables in
/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/ , is this expected?
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered:
Hello,
I could not find no clear doc either in the cmdline tool itself, or in the manpage about what a certain option is supposed to do,
and how options are supposed to relate to each other.
./src/efivar --help
Usage: efivar [OPTION...]
-l, --list list current variables
^^^ where? In the local filesystem? In the file specified with "-f" ...?
-p, --print print variable specified by --name
^^^ on which variables does the command operate?
-D, --dmpstore use DMPSTORE format when exporting
-d, --print-decimal print variable in decimal values specified by --name
^^^ the decimal value is specified by --name?
-n, --name= variable to manipulate, in the form
8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c-Boot0000
...
-f, --datafile= load or save variable contents from
^^^ which ACTIONS are affected by this option?
-e, --export= export variable to
^^^ export variable FROM where?
-i, --import= import variable from
^^^ import variable INTO where?
-L, --list-guids show internal guid list
-w, --write write to variable specified by --name
^^^ the variable in the file, or in the local machine or ???
Help options:
-?, --help Show this help message
^^^ the help function is not very helpful I think.
I attempted to run efivar -l -f datafile to get a list of the variable stored in this file, but to my surprise I got the variables in
/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/ , is this expected?
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: