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+<?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;
+]>
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+ Copyright 2015 David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
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+
+<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 &lt;libudev.h&gt;</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 of 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 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>