diff -r 9976f7b9fe66 -r b09fd81894cb tool/cmd_states.cpp
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tool/cmd_states.cpp	Tue Jul 22 14:17:20 2008 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <iostream>
+using namespace std;
+
+#include "globals.h"
+
+/****************************************************************************/
+
+const char *help_states =
+    "[OPTIONS]\n"
+    "\n"
+    "\n"
+    "Command-specific options:\n";
+
+/****************************************************************************/
+
+void command_states(void)
+{
+    string stateStr;
+    uint8_t state;
+    
+    if (commandArgs.size() != 1) {
+        stringstream err;
+        err << "'state' takes exactly one argument!";
+        throw MasterDeviceException(err.str());
+    }
+
+    stateStr = commandArgs[0];
+    transform(stateStr.begin(), stateStr.end(),
+            stateStr.begin(), (int (*) (int)) std::toupper);
+
+    if (stateStr == "INIT") {
+        state = 0x01;
+    } else if (stateStr == "PREOP") {
+        state = 0x02;
+    } else if (stateStr == "SAFEOP") {
+        state = 0x04;
+    } else if (stateStr == "OP") {
+        state = 0x08;
+    } else {
+        stringstream err;
+        err << "Invalid state '" << commandArgs[0] << "'!";
+        throw MasterDeviceException(err.str());
+    }
+
+    masterDev.open(MasterDevice::ReadWrite);
+
+    if (slavePosition == -1) {
+        unsigned int i, numSlaves = masterDev.slaveCount();
+        for (i = 0; i < numSlaves; i++)
+            masterDev.requestState(i, state);
+    } else {
+        masterDev.requestState(slavePosition, state);
+    }
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/