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author | kay.sievers@vrfy.org <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> | 2004-03-01 22:38:44 -0800 |
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committer | Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-04-26 21:35:06 -0700 |
commit | 311e9ae68139083c801284a52f498c105d7c09f9 (patch) | |
tree | fcd30668342b8a577401f201eb86827833453b77 /udev.8 | |
parent | 92c5ddee382d06de63c10aa81a18255d0b789812 (diff) |
[PATCH] udev - man page update
Here is a small change to the udev man page:
- clarify the use of the NAME{all_partitions} syntax
and add a example to udev.rules.example
- mention the empty NAME field to ignore the device
- prepare a SYMLINK field for the addition of Andrey's
"multiple symlinks" documentation :)
Diffstat (limited to 'udev.8')
-rw-r--r-- | udev.8 | 23 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -151,16 +151,15 @@ file. Every line in the rules file defines the mapping between device attributes and the device file name. One ore more keys are specified to match a rule with the current device. If all keys are matching, the rule will be applied -and the name is used for the device node. One or more optional symlinks -targeting the node may be specified. +and the name is used for the device node. .br If no matching rule is found, the default kernel device name is used. .P -The line format is: +Every rule consists of a list a comma separated fields: .sp -.I key,[key,...] name [, symlink] +.IR "key " ,[ "key " ,...] " name " [, " symlink" ] .sp -where keys are: +where possible fields are: .TP .B BUS Match the bus type of the device. @@ -196,13 +195,19 @@ Match the returned string of the last call. This key may used in any following rule after a .B PROGRAM call. -.P -The +.TP .B NAME -field given with the attribute +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. +.br +If given with the attribute .BR NAME{ all_partitions } -will create all 15 partitions of a blockdevice. +it will create all 15 partitions of a blockdevice. This may be useful for removable media devices. +.TP +.B SYMLINK +The name of a symlink targeting the node. Multiple symlinks may be +specified by separating the names by the space character. .P .RB "The " NAME " ," SYMLINK " and " PROGRAM fields support simple printf-like string substitution: |