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authorLubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>2018-02-26 15:50:15 +0100
committerLubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>2018-06-13 14:48:23 +0200
commit34412a8d3d0710ef18478030e4918c8dce1539fb (patch)
tree8a8f3338e0f1bae843cd0658abeab63eb3789f88 /man
parentca29761212d679b06ee3e140a1a01054410573d2 (diff)
cli/devices: rescan the Wi-Fi network if the AP list is not fresh enough
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-rw-r--r--man/nmcli.xml10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/nmcli.xml b/man/nmcli.xml
index 0787fd8ba..9b951c198 100644
--- a/man/nmcli.xml
+++ b/man/nmcli.xml
@@ -1381,6 +1381,12 @@
<command>wifi</command>
<arg>
<command>list</command>
+ <group>
+ <option>--rescan</option>
+ <arg choice='plain'><option>auto</option></arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'><option>no</option></arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'><option>yes</option></arg>
+ </group>
<arg><option>ifname</option> <replaceable>ifname</replaceable></arg>
<arg><option>bssid</option> <replaceable>BSSID</replaceable></arg>
</arg>
@@ -1390,6 +1396,10 @@
<para>List available Wi-Fi access points. The <option>ifname</option> and
<option>bssid</option> options can be used to list APs for a particular
interface or with a specific BSSID, respectively.</para>
+ <para>By default, <command>nmcli</command> ensures that the access point list
+ is no older than 30 seconds and triggers a network scan if necessary. The
+ <option>--rescan</option> can be used to either force or disable the scan
+ regardless of how fresh the access point list is.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>