diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'udev.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | udev.8 | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ call. This key may used in any following rule after a call. .TP .B NAME -The name of the node to be created. If the name field is omitted or its -value is empty, the device will be ignored and no node will be created. +The name of the node to be created. .br If given with the attribute .BR NAME{ all_partitions } @@ -211,6 +210,16 @@ This may be useful for removable media devices. .B SYMLINK The name of a symlink targeting the node. Multiple symlinks may be specified by separating the names by the space character. +.br +If both the name and the symlink fields are omitted or its +values empty, the device will be ignored and no node will be created. +.br +If only the symlink field is given and the name field is omitted, +the rule will not be applied immediatly, but the symlink field is added +to the symlink list of the rule which will create the node. +This makes it possible to specify additional symlinks in a possibly +separate rules file, while the device nodes are maintained by the +distribution provided rules file. .P .RB "The " NAME " ," SYMLINK " and " PROGRAM fields support simple printf-like string substitution: |