title rdp
section 1
project bgscripts
date April 2020
volume General Commands Manual
=====
NAME
  rdp - open .rdp saved connection files
SYNOPSIS
  rdp [-d {0..10}] [-uV] [-U <userfile>] [--gui] [<infile1>]
OPTIONS
  -d {0..10} Set debug level, with 10 as maximum verbosity.
  -u --usage  Show help message.
  -V --version  Show version number.
  -U <userfile>  Use this file for credentials. See USERFILE section.
  <infile1>  Load this .rdp file. If not provided, and --gui, then prompt user using a file selector prompt.
  --gui      Show alerts in the gui (using `zenity(1)`) and not on standard out or standard error.
DESCRIPTION
  Load a saved .rdp file from the Microsoft mstsc.exe client, and open a connection with `xfreerdp(1)`.
  The author wrote this withour realizing there are a plethora of options for making RDP connections from GNU/Linux.
USERFILE
  The <userfile> format is identical to a credentials file used by `mount.cifs(8)`. The format is:

    username=value
    password=value
    domain=value
AUTHOR
  <bgstack15@gmail.com>
COPYRIGHT
  CC-BY-SA 4.0
BUGS
* Not better than `xfreerdp(1)` or anything else out there.
* Zenity is hard-coded.
