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author | greg@kroah.com <greg@kroah.com> | 2004-04-02 00:13:20 -0800 |
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committer | Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-04-26 21:35:14 -0700 |
commit | c19b069189fc31ff07bf482cf77fcf25549501b4 (patch) | |
tree | 474bd78067df796dc0cc5965bdf8bf7e722ae5c6 /udevinfo.8 | |
parent | 487c1b35ba1d0a2f76d99dc9b9454e2895f915bb (diff) |
[PATCH] update bk ignore list some more.
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diff --git a/udevinfo.8 b/udevinfo.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0588084cac --- /dev/null +++ b/udevinfo.8 @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +.TH UDEVINFO 8 "January 2004" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual" +.SH NAME +udevinfo \- retrieve information from udev +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B udevinfo +.RI "[\-q " query_type " \-p " sysfs_path "] [\-drVh]" +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.B udevinfo +allows users to query the udev database for information on any device +currently present on the system. It also provides a way to query any device +in the sysfs tree to help creating +.B udev +rules. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.TP +.B \-V +Print the version information. +.TP +.B \-r +Print the +.B udev_root +directory. When used in conjunction with a query for the node name, the +.B udev_root +will be prepended. +.TP +.BI \-q " query_type" +Query the database for specified value of a created device node or network +interface. +.RB Needs " \-p " or " \-n " specified. +.br +Valid types are: +.BR name ", " symlink ", " mode " ," owner " , " group " , " path " or " all. +.TP +.BI \-p " sysfs_path" +Specify the sysfs path of the device to query. +.TP +.BI \-n " name" +Specify the name of the node, the symlink or the network interface for the +device to query. Partition names generated with the NAME{all_partitons} option +can not be queried, the main device must be used instead. +.TP +.B \-a +Print all +.BI SYSFS{ filename } +attributes along the device chain. Useful for finding +unique attributes to compose a rule. +.RB Needs " \-p " specified. +.TP +.B \-d +Dump the whole database. +.TP +.B \-h +Print help text. +.SH "FILES" +.nf +/etc/udev/* udev config files +.fi +.LP +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR udev (8) +.SH AUTHORS +.B udevinfo +was developed primarily by Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>, with help +from others. |