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Diffstat (limited to 'udev.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | udev.8 | 22 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -199,11 +199,9 @@ or specified by the value in the .I /etc/udev/udev.conf file. -The file consists of a set of lines. All empty lines and -lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored. .br Every line lists a device name followed by owner, group and permission -mode. All values are separated by colons. The name field may end with a +mode. All values are separated by colons. The name field may contain a wildcard to apply the values to a whole class of devices. .br If @@ -221,6 +219,24 @@ ttyUSB1:0:8:0660 video*:root:video:0660 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 +.TP +.B * +Matches zero, one, or more characters. +.TP +.B ? +Matches any single character, but does not match zero characters. +.TP +.B [ ] +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 .SH "FILES" .nf .ft B |