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authorkay.sievers@vrfy.org <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2004-03-01 22:38:44 -0800
committerGreg KH <gregkh@suse.de>2005-04-26 21:35:06 -0700
commit311e9ae68139083c801284a52f498c105d7c09f9 (patch)
treefcd30668342b8a577401f201eb86827833453b77 /udev.8
parent92c5ddee382d06de63c10aa81a18255d0b789812 (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')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/udev.8 b/udev.8
index 21ec908b82..9eeff96d48 100644
--- a/udev.8
+++ b/udev.8
@@ -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: