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| -rw-r--r-- | udev.8 | 30 |
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@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ On device removal, .B udev queries the internal database for the name of the device file to be deleted. .SH "CONFIGURATION" -All udev configuration files consist of a set of lines of text. All empty +All +.B udev +configuration files consist of a set of lines of text. All empty lines, and lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored. .P @@ -96,11 +98,9 @@ device. If no matching configuration is found, the default kernel device name is used. .P The line format is: -.RS .sp .I method, key,[key,...] name .sp -.RE where valid methods with corresponding keys are: .TP .B CALLOUT @@ -130,22 +130,13 @@ string replacement of the kernel device name key: \fBKERNEL_NAME\fP .P The methods are applied in the following order: -.B CALLOUT -, -.B LABEL -, -.B NUMBER -, -.B TOPOLOGY -, -.B REPLACE +.BR CALLOUT ", " LABEL ", " NUMBER ", " TOPOLOGY ", " REPLACE "." .P The .B NAME and .B PROGRAM -fields support simple printf-like string subtitution: -.RS +fields support simple printf-like string substitution: .TP .B %n the "kernel number" of the device @@ -168,7 +159,6 @@ the CALLOUT program returned string Use the devfs style disk name for this device. For partitions, this will result in 'part%n' If this is not a partition, it will result in 'disk' -.RE .P A sample \fIudev.rules\fP might look like this: .sp @@ -202,7 +192,7 @@ file. .br Every line lists a device name followed by owner, group and permission mode. All values are separated by colons. The name field may contain a -wildcard to apply the values to a whole class of devices. +pattern to apply the values to a whole class of devices. .br If .B udev @@ -221,9 +211,7 @@ dsp1:::0666 .fi .P A number of different fields in the above configuration files support a simple -form of wildcard matching. This form is based on the fnmatch(3) style, and -supports the following fields: -.RS +form of shell style pattern matching. It supports the following pattern characters: .TP .B * Matches zero, one, or more characters. @@ -235,8 +223,8 @@ Matches any single character, but does not match zero characters. Matches any single character specified within the brackets. For example, the pattern string "tty[SR]" would match either "ttyS" or "ttyR". Ranges are also supported within this match with the '-' character. For example, to match on -the range of all digits, the pattern [0-9] would be used. -.RE +the range of all digits, the pattern [0-9] would be used. If the first character +following the '[' is a '!' then any character not enclosed is matched. .SH "FILES" .nf .ft B |