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| author | Bryan Kadzban <bryan@kadzban.is-a-geek.net> | 2006-09-23 22:10:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de> | 2006-09-23 22:10:55 +0200 |
| commit | 53fc01d5073962e94cb32b686c0146b08ea8fef5 (patch) | |
| tree | bb12d4921a4728aae6786fd55eee517a2f4f8a7e /udev.xml | |
| parent | fa0bca0120fb5b219d8a97d969587e89471a4476 (diff) | |
add IMPORT operations to the udev man page
Diffstat (limited to 'udev.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | udev.xml | 36 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -341,11 +341,37 @@ <varlistentry> <term><option>IMPORT{<replaceable>type</replaceable>}</option></term> <listitem> - <para>Import the printed result or the value of a file in environment key - format into the event environment. <option>program</option> will execute an - external program and read its output. <option>file</option> will import a - text file. If no option is given, udev will determine it from the executable - bit of of the file permissions.</para> + <para>Import a set of variables into the event environment, + depending on <replaceable>type</replaceable>:</para> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>program</option></term> + <listitem> + <para>Execute an external program specified as the assigned value and + import its output, which must be in environment key format.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>file</option></term> + <listitem> + <para>Import a text file specified as the assigned value, which must be in + environment key format.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>parent</option></term> + <listitem> + <para>Import the stored keys from the parent device by reading + the database entry of the parent device. The value assigned to + <option>IMPORT{parent}</option> is used as a filter of key names + to import (with the same shell-style pattern matching used for + comparisons).</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + <para>If no option is given, udev will choose between <option>program</option> + and <option>file</option> based on the executable bit of of the file + permissions.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |