---
name: "dump_cis"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "pcmcia-cs"
version: "3.2.8-9"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dump_cis"
---

# dump\_cis(8)

display PCMCIA Card Information Structures

## NAME

dump\_cis - display PCMCIA Card Information Structures

## SYNOPSIS

**dump\_cis** \[**-f**\] \[**-v**\] \[**-i**  *infile* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**Dump\_cis** retrieves and parses the Card Information Structures for inserted PCMCIA devices, or optionally, parses CIS information from a file.

The **pack\_cis** utility can parse a subset of the non-verbose output of **dump\_cis**, so it is fairly easy to use **dump\_cis** output as templates for **pack\_cis**. If a replacement CIS has been loaded for a card, **dump\_cis** will display the replacement rather than the actual data on the card.

## OPTIONS

- **-f**

  Force: attempt to decode any available CIS information even if the overall CIS organization appears to be invalid.

- **-v**

  Verbose output: display raw hex data for each tuple, and provide a more complete dump of some tuple types.

- **-i** *infile*

  Read packed CIS data from a file (as created by **pack\_cis**) instead of reading from active cards.

## AUTHOR

David Hinds - dahinds@users.sourceforge.net

## SEE ALSO

[pack\_cis(8)](/pack_cis/8.md).