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| author | greg@kroah.com <greg@kroah.com> | 2004-01-26 19:56:19 -0800 |
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| committer | Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-04-26 21:13:19 -0700 |
| commit | e31474a1e1ede5692f6dd7c710e4f2682588659e (patch) | |
| tree | f2737c632e86beea060caf66f43319f1e7d7dd18 | |
| parent | 8fc34188503e0dd131eb215b7b1832e21434c7c8 (diff) | |
[PATCH] create initial version of udevinfo man page.
| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | udevinfo.8 | 52 |
2 files changed, 54 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ install: install-config install-dbus-policy all $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -D etc/init.d/udev $(DESTDIR)$(initdir)/udev; \ fi $(INSTALL_DATA) -D udev.8 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man8/udev.8 + $(INSTALL_DATA) -D udevinfo.8 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man8/udevinfo.8 - rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(hotplugdir)/udev.hotplug - ln -f -s $(sbindir)/$(ROOT) $(DESTDIR)$(hotplugdir)/udev.hotplug @extras="$(EXTRAS)" ; for target in $$extras ; do \ @@ -359,6 +360,7 @@ uninstall: uninstall-dbus-policy - rm $(configdir)/udev.conf - rm $(initdir)/udev - rm $(mandir)/man8/udev.8 + - rm $(mandir)/man8/udevinfo.8 - rm $(sbindir)/$(ROOT) - rm $(sbindir)/$(HELPER) - rmdir $(hotplugdir) diff --git a/udevinfo.8 b/udevinfo.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..852e2ae93f --- /dev/null +++ b/udevinfo.8 @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +.TH UDEVINFO 8 "October 2003" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual" +.SH NAME +udevinfo \- retrieve information from udev +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B udevinfo +.RI "[-q " query_type " -p " sysfs_path "] [-drVh]" +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.B udevinfo +allows users to query the udev database for information on any of the devices +currently present in the system. It also provides a way to query any device +in the sysfs tree to help in creating +.B udev +rule files. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.TP +.B -V +Print the version information. +.TP +.B -r +Print the the +.B udev_root +directory. When used in conjunction with a query for the node name, the +.B udev_root +will be prepended. +.TP +.BI -q " query_type" +Query the database for specified value of a created device node. +Valid types are: +.BR name ", " symlink ", " owner " , " group " or " path. +.TP +.BI -p " sysfs_path" +Specify the sysfs path of the device to query. +.TP +.BI -n " name" +Specify the name of the node for the device to query. +.TP +.B -d +Dump the whole database. +.TP +.B -h +Print help text. +.SH "FILES" +.nf +/etc/udev/* udev config files +.fi +.LP +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR udev (8) +.SH AUTHORS +.B udevinfo +was developed primarily by Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>, with help +from others. |