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authorKay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>2005-06-26 01:54:47 +0200
committerKay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>2005-06-26 01:54:47 +0200
commit208f6aba21199ff4f93002eeb948d564f76843e6 (patch)
tree64e6c47539c47575ee6de824aa4e2fb08cfd7ae9 /extras/volume_id/README
parent670e470543e02937979e1c879d97f474d5b6fbd1 (diff)
rename udev_volume_id to vol_id and add --export option
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>
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diff --git a/extras/volume_id/README b/extras/volume_id/README
index d570615e10..a7635ff612 100644
--- a/extras/volume_id/README
+++ b/extras/volume_id/README
@@ -1,43 +1,73 @@
-
-udev_volume_id - partition, filesystem, disklabel reader
+vol_id - partition, filesystem, disklabel reader
This program is normally called from a udev rule, to provide udev with the
name, uuid or the filesystem type of a partition to name a device node.
-udev_volume_id opens the blockdevice node specified at the commandline.
-The following commandline switches are supported to specify what udev_volume_id
-should print to stdout:
+vol_id opens the blockdevice node specified at the commandline.
+The following commandline switches are supported to specify what vol_id
+should print:
- no option prints all values
- -h prints help text
- -l prints the label of the partition
- -u prints the uuid of the partition
+ --export prints all values
+ -h prints help text
+ -l prints the label of the partition
+ -u prints the uuid of the partition
-udev_volume_id will only return successful if the string asked for, is not
+vol_id will only return successful if the string asked for, is not
empty. All trailing whitespace will be removed, spaces replaced by underscore
and slashes ignored.
+fstype probe label uuid fsversion
+----------------------------------------------------
+ext * * * *
+reiserfs jr/3.5/3.6/4 * * * *
+fat (12, 16, 32) * * * *
+ntfs * * * *
+jfs * * * -
+xfs * * * -
+hfs (plus, wrapped) * * * -
+udf * * - -
+iso9660 * * n/a -
+ufs * - - -
+linux swap * * * *
+LVM 1 * - - -
+LVM 2 * - - *
+linux raid * - * *
+cramfs * * - -
+sysv * * - *
+luks * - * -
+hpfs * - - -
+romfs *
+minix *
+dasd *
+highpoint *
+isw_raid *
+lsi_raid *
+nvidia_raid *
+promise_raid *
+silicon_raid *
+via_raid *
+mac partitons *
+msdos partitions *
+
+
The following rule will create a symlink named with the label string:
- KERNEL="[hs]d*", PROGRAM="/sbin/udev_volume_id -l %N", SYMLINK="%c"
+ KERNEL=="[hs]d*", PROGRAM=="/sbin/vol_id -l %N", SYMLINK+="%c"
-If no label is found udev_volume_id exits with nonzero and the rule will be
+If no label is found vol_id exits with nonzero and the rule will be
ignored.
To give it a try, you may call it on the commandline:
-
- [root@pim udev.kay]# extras/volume_id/udev_volume_id /dev/hda3
+ [root@pim udev.kay]# extras/volume_id/vol_id /dev/hda3
T:ext3
L:Music Store
N:Music_Store
U:d2da42b5-bbd9-44eb-a72c-cc4542fcb71e
- [root@pim udev.kay]# extras/volume_id/udev_volume_id -l /dev/hda3
+ [root@pim udev.kay]# extras/volume_id/vol_id -l /dev/hda3
Music_Store
- [root@pim udev.kay]# extras/volume_id/udev_volume_id -t /dev/hda3
+ [root@pim udev.kay]# extras/volume_id/vol_id -t /dev/hda3
swap
-Please send any comment/questions/concerns to me or:
- linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
-
+Any comment/questions/concerns to me:
Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>