NAME

       kvkcard - a commandline tool to read information from a German medical card

SYNOPSIS

       kvkcard  read  |  daemon  |  rdvd  |  rdpd [ [ -v | --verbous ] [ -fFILE | --filename=FILE ] [ -cCARDID |
       --cardid=CARDID ] [ -b | --beep ] [ -d | --dosmode ] [ -pPROGRAM | --program=PROGRAM ]  [  -aARGUMENTS  |
       --args=ARGUMENTS ] [ -h | --help ] ]

DESCRIPTION

       kvkcard is a commandline tool to read information from a German medical card (KVK or eGK).

ARGUMENTS

       read   Read data from a German medical card.

       daemon Wait for insertion of a German medical card and run a program on it.

       rdvd   Dump RDVD data structure of a card.

       rdpd   Dump RDPD data structure of a card.

       -v | --verbous
              Every occurrence of this option increases the verbosity.

       -f FILE | --filename=FILE
              File to write to. If omitted stdout will be used.

       -c CARDID | --cardid=CARDID
              Set the ID of the card to read.

       -b | --beep
              Beep after reading a card.

       -d | --dosmode
              Output data in DOS mode.

       -p PROGRAM | --program=PROGRAM
              Program to call on cards found.

       -a ARGUMENTS | --args=ARGUMENTS
              Arguments for the program to be called

       -h | --help
              Shows this help.

FILES

       /etc/chipcard/
              The system-wide configuration files.

       /var/log/chipcard/
              The default log files.

SEE ALSO

       http://www.libchipcard.de
              Homepage of libchipcard project.

       /usr/share/doc/libchipcard-tools/
              Local documentation.

REVISION

Manual for kvkcard                               2009 March 19th                                      KVKCARD(1)