.TH jskeepalive 1 "April 7, 2010" jskeepalive
.SH NAME
jskeepalive \- keeps a joystick alive
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR jskeepalive
.RI "<" device-name ">"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B jskeepalive
continuously reads from the given joystick device. (This doesn't
prevent other programs from accessing the same joystick device.) This
is necessary for certains joysticks which disappear if they are not
accessed during a given interval (see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/joystick/+bug/448446).
.SH AUTHOR
.B jskeepalive
was written by Stephen Kitt.