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authorKay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>2006-01-28 04:56:24 +0100
committerKay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>2006-01-28 04:56:24 +0100
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+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<article>
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>xmlto</title>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Kay</firstname>
+ <surname>Sievers</surname>
+ <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>
+ </author>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2005</year>
+ <holder>Kay Sievers</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ </articleinfo>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>udevinfo</title>
+ <refentry>
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>udevinfo</title>
+ <date>August 2005</date>
+ <productname>udev</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>udevinfo</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>udevinfo</refname><refpurpose>query device information from the udev database</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>udevinfo</command>
+ <arg><option>-q <replaceable>query-type</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-a </option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-p <replaceable>device-path</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-n <replaceable>node-name</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-r</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-e</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-V</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-h</option></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+ <para>udevinfo queries the udev database for device information
+ stored in the udev database. It can also query the properties
+ of a device from its sysfs representation to help creating udev
+ rules that match this device.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-q</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Query the database for specified type of device data. It needs the
+ <option>-p</option> or <option>-n</option> to identify the specified
+ device. Valid queries are:
+ <command>name</command>, <command>symlink</command>, <command>path</command>,
+ <command>env</command>, <command>all</command>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-a</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Print all sysfs properties of the specified device that can be used
+ in udev rules to match the specified device. It prints all devices
+ along the chain, up to the root of sysfs that can be used in udev rules.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-p <replaceable>device-path</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The sysfs path of the device to query.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-n <replaceable>node-name</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The name of the device node or a symlink to query</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-r</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The udev root directory: <filename>/dev</filename>. If used in conjunction
+ with a <command>name</command> or <command>symlink</command> query, the
+ query returns the absolute path.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-e</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Export the content of the udev database.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-h</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Print help text.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
+ <para>Written by Kay Sievers <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para><citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry></para>
+ </refsect1>
+ </refentry>
+ </section>
+</article>