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authorkay.sievers@vrfy.org <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2004-03-09 19:50:22 -0800
committerGreg KH <gregkh@suse.de>2005-04-26 21:35:08 -0700
commit2bd07cf29b30b424d4b5a17882d0cab0b235153b (patch)
tree1adcdd217520c71b465ad678478390c46376a2f3
parent17794d77b97fcb8af263bcecbe03dad5d0e9a89a (diff)
[PATCH] put symlink only rules to the man page
Here we mention the "symlink only - add it to another rule" feature to the man page. Andrey, does this describe what you have implemented :)
-rw-r--r--udev.813
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/udev.8 b/udev.8
index 76b8913f03..24ff4e28a9 100644
--- a/udev.8
+++ b/udev.8
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ call. This key may used in any following rule after a
call.
.TP
.B NAME
-The name of the node to be created. If the name field is omitted or its
-value is empty, the device will be ignored and no node will be created.
+The name of the node to be created.
.br
If given with the attribute
.BR NAME{ all_partitions }
@@ -211,6 +210,16 @@ This may be useful for removable media devices.
.B SYMLINK
The name of a symlink targeting the node. Multiple symlinks may be
specified by separating the names by the space character.
+.br
+If both the name and the symlink fields are omitted or its
+values empty, the device will be ignored and no node will be created.
+.br
+If only the symlink field is given and the name field is omitted,
+the rule will not be applied immediatly, but the symlink field is added
+to the symlink list of the rule which will create the node.
+This makes it possible to specify additional symlinks in a possibly
+separate rules file, while the device nodes are maintained by the
+distribution provided rules file.
.P
.RB "The " NAME " ," SYMLINK " and " PROGRAM
fields support simple printf-like string substitution: