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+'\" te
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.TH acpixtract 1 "24 Apr 2009" "SunOS 5.11" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+acpixtract - extract the ACPI tables
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.LP
+.nf
+\fBacpixtract\fB [\fB-a\fR \fIsource\fR] [\fB-l\fR \fIsource\fR] 
+    [\fB-s\fR \fIsource\fR \fIsignature\fR]
+.fi
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.sp
+.LP
+This utility will extract the ACPI tables from a raw source and presents them in data file form.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.sp
+.LP
+The following options are supported:
+.sp
+.ne 2
+.mk
+.na
+\fB\fB-a\fR [\fIsource\fR]\fR
+.ad
+.sp .6
+.RS 4n
+Extract all of the ACPI tables from the specified source.
+.RE
+
+.sp
+.ne 2
+.mk
+.na
+\fB\fB-l\fR [\fIsource\fR]\fR
+.ad
+.sp .6
+.RS 4n
+List all of the tables present in the specified source and provide a short summary.  This will not extract the information in the source.
+.RE
+
+.sp
+.ne 2
+.mk
+.na
+\fB\fB-s\fR [\fIsignature\fR]\fR [\fIsource\fR]\fR
+.ad
+.sp .6
+.RS 4n
+Extract only the tables matching the specified signature from the specified source.
+.RE
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.sp
+.LP
+\fBacpidump\fR(1), \fBmadt\fR(1)
+.RE
+
+.SH RESOURCES
+.sp
+.LP
+http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/utilities.php
+
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.sp
+.LP
+1. Extract the binary ACPI tables from acpidump output
+
+    $ acpixtract -a acpidump.out
+