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diff --git a/man/libudev.xml b/man/libudev.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 53b68dcc89..0000000000 --- a/man/libudev.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,125 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> -<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [ -<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "custom-entities.ent" > -%entities; -]> - -<!-- - This file is part of systemd. - - Copyright 2015 David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com> - - systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it - under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or - (at your option) any later version. - - systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but - WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU - Lesser General Public License for more details. - - You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License - along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. ---> - -<refentry id="libudev" - xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> - - <refentryinfo> - <title>libudev</title> - <productname>systemd</productname> - - <authorgroup> - <author> - <contrib>Developer</contrib> - <firstname>David</firstname> - <surname>Herrmann</surname> - <email>dh.herrmann@gmail.com</email> - </author> - </authorgroup> - </refentryinfo> - - <refmeta> - <refentrytitle>libudev</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>3</manvolnum> - </refmeta> - - <refnamediv> - <refname>libudev</refname> - <refpurpose>API for enumerating and introspecting local devices</refpurpose> - </refnamediv> - - <refsynopsisdiv> - <funcsynopsis> - <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <libudev.h></funcsynopsisinfo> - </funcsynopsis> - - <cmdsynopsis> - <command>pkg-config --cflags --libs libudev</command> - </cmdsynopsis> - </refsynopsisdiv> - - <refsect1> - <title>Description</title> - - <para><filename>libudev.h</filename> provides APIs to introspect - and enumerate devices on the local system.</para> - - <para>All functions require a libudev context to operate. This - context can be create via - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. - It is used to track library state and link objects together. No - global state is used by libudev, everything is always linked to - a udev context. Furthermore, multiple different udev contexts can - be used in parallel by multiple threads. However, a single context - must not be accessed by multiple threads in parallel. The caller - is responsible for providing suitable locking if they intend to use - it from multiple threads.</para> - - <para>To introspect a local device on a system, a udev device - object can be created via - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_device_new_from_syspath</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> - and friends. The device object allows one to query current state, - read and write attributes and lookup properties of the device in - question.</para> - - <para>To enumerate local devices on the system, an enumeration - object can be created via - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_enumerate_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> - - <para>To monitor the local system for hotplugged or unplugged - devices, a monitor can be created via - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_monitor_new_from_netlink</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> - - <para>Whenever libudev returns a list of objects, the - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_list_entry</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> - API should be used to iterate, access and modify those lists.</para> - - <para>Furthermore, libudev also exports legacy APIs that should - not be used by new software (and as such are not documented as - part of this manual). This includes the hardware database known - as <constant>udev_hwdb</constant> (please use the new - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-hwdb</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> - API instead) and the <constant>udev_queue</constant> object to - query the udev daemon (which should not be used by new software - at all).</para> - </refsect1> - - <refsect1> - <title>See Also</title> - <para> - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_device_new_from_syspath</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_enumerate_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_monitor_new_from_netlink</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_list_entry</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-device</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-hwdb</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> - </para> - </refsect1> - -</refentry> |