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diff --git a/extras/path_id/Makefile b/extras/path_id/Makefile index 2f6890cb32..24b47b425a 100644 --- a/extras/path_id/Makefile +++ b/extras/path_id/Makefile @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ uninstall-bin: .PHONY: uninstall-bin install-man: - @echo "Please create a man page for this tool." + $(INSTALL_DATA) -D $(PROG).8 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man8/$(PROG).8 .PHONY: install-man uninstall-man: diff --git a/extras/path_id/path_id.8 b/extras/path_id/path_id.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e55914de31 --- /dev/null +++ b/extras/path_id/path_id.8 @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +.TH PATH_ID 8 "April 2007" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual" +.SH NAME +path_id \- udev callout to provide the shortest possible unique hardware path +to a device for the Linux Persistent Device Naming scheme +.SH SYNOPSIS +DEVPATH=<devpath>; path_id + +path_id <devpath> +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.B path_id +is normally called from a udev rule, to provide udev a unique hardware path for +a device. Udev can use this information to create symlinks in /dev/ to the real +device node. +.SH EXAMPLES +For all block devices on a system: + +.nf +for i in `find /sys/class/block` +do + DEVPATH="`echo $i | sed -e 's@^/sys\|/dev@@g'`"; path_id +done +.fi +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR udev (7) +.SH AUTHORS +Developed by Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>. |