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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.\" Title: udevadm
.\" Author:
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.73.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.73.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: November 2007
.\" Manual: udevadm
.\" Source: udev
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Print help text\.
.RE
.SS "udevadm trigger [options]"
.PP
-Request kernel device uevents, usually used to replay events at system coldplug\.
+Request device uevents, usually used to replay events at system coldplug\.
.PP
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
.RS 4
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@ Trigger events for devices with a matching sysfs attribute\. If a value is speci
.RS 4
Do not trigger events for devices with a matching sysfs attribute\. If a value is specified along with the attribute name, the content of the attribute is matched against the given value using shell style pattern matching\. If no value is specified, the existence of the sysfs attribute is checked\. This option can be specified multiple times\.
.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-socket\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
+.RS 4
+Pass the synthesized events to the specified socket, instead of triggering a global kernel event\. All available event values will be send in the same format the kernel sends an uevent, or
+\fBRUN+="socket:\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR\fB"\fR
+sends a message\. If the first character of the specified path is an @ character, an abstract namespace socket is used, instead of an existing socket file\.
+.RE
.SS "udevadm settle [options]"
.PP
Watches the udev event queue, and exits if all current events are handled\.