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authorgreg@kroah.com <greg@kroah.com>2004-01-26 19:56:19 -0800
committerGreg KH <gregkh@suse.de>2005-04-26 21:13:19 -0700
commite31474a1e1ede5692f6dd7c710e4f2682588659e (patch)
treef2737c632e86beea060caf66f43319f1e7d7dd18
parent8fc34188503e0dd131eb215b7b1832e21434c7c8 (diff)
[PATCH] create initial version of udevinfo man page.
-rw-r--r--Makefile2
-rw-r--r--udevinfo.852
2 files changed, 54 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7846086294..0fa39d7a41 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -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.