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-.TH UDEVINFO 8 "January 2004" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
-.SH NAME
-udevinfo \- retrieve information from udev
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B udevinfo
-.RI "[\-q " query_type " \-p " sysfs_path "] [\-drVh]"
-.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-.B udevinfo
-allows users to query the udev database for information on any device
-currently present on the system. It also provides a way to query any device
-in the sysfs tree to help creating
-.B udev
-rules.
-.SH "OPTIONS"
-.TP
-.B \-V
-Print the version information.
-.TP
-.B \-r
-Print the
-.B udev_root
-directory. When used in conjunction with a query for the node name, the
-.B udev_root
-will be prepended.
-.TP
-.BI \-q " query_type"
-Query the database for specified value of a created device node or network
-interface.
-.RB Needs " \-p " or " \-n " specified.
-.br
-Valid types are:
-.BR name ", " symlink ", " mode " ," owner " , " group " , " path " or " all.
-.TP
-.BI \-p " sysfs_path"
-Specify the sysfs path of the device to query.
-.TP
-.BI \-n " name"
-Specify the name of the node, the symlink or the network interface for the
-device to query. Partition names generated with the NAME{all_partitons} option
-can not be queried, the main device must be used instead.
-.TP
-.B \-a
-Print all
-.BI SYSFS{ filename }
-attributes along the device chain. Useful for finding
-unique attributes to compose a rule.
-.RB Needs " \-p " specified.
-.TP
-.B \-d
-Dump the whole database.
-.TP
-.B \-h
-Print help text.
-.SH "FILES"
-.nf
-/etc/udev/* udev config files
-.fi
-.LP
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR udev (8)
-.SH AUTHORS
-.B udevinfo
-was developed primarily by Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>, with help
-from others.