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    <title>udevstart</title>
    <refentry>
      <refentryinfo>
        <title>udevstart</title>
        <date>August 2005</date>
        <productname>udev</productname>
      </refentryinfo>

      <refmeta>
        <refentrytitle>udevstart</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
        <refmiscinfo class="version"></refmiscinfo>
      </refmeta>

      <refnamediv>
        <refname>udevstart</refname><refpurpose>populate initial device directory</refpurpose>
      </refnamediv>

      <refsynopsisdiv>
        <cmdsynopsis>
          <command>udevstart</command>
        </cmdsynopsis>
      </refsynopsisdiv>

      <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
        <para>udevstart scans the kernel exported device information available in
        sysfs for devices which require a device node to operate and creates the node
        using the specified udev rules. udevstart is used to create the initial
        device directory after system bootup.</para>
      </refsect1>

      <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
        <para>Written by Harald Hoyer <email>harald@redhat.com</email>.</para>
      </refsect1>

      <refsect1>
        <title>SEE ALSO</title>
        <para><citerefentry>
            <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
        </citerefentry></para>
      </refsect1>
    </refentry>
  </section>
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