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<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">

<article>
  <articleinfo>
    <title>xmlto</title>
    <author>
      <firstname>Kay</firstname>
      <surname>Sievers</surname>
      <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>
    </author>
    <copyright>
      <year>2005</year>
      <holder>Kay Sievers</holder>
    </copyright>
  </articleinfo>

  <section>
    <title>udevsend</title>
    <refentry>
      <refentryinfo>
        <title>udevsend</title>
        <date>August 2005</date>
        <productname>udev</productname>
      </refentryinfo>

      <refmeta>
        <refentrytitle>udevsend</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </refmeta>

      <refnamediv>
        <refname>udevsend</refname>
        <refpurpose>send the current environment to the udev daemon</refpurpose>
      </refnamediv>

      <refsynopsisdiv>
        <cmdsynopsis>
          <command>udevsend</command>
        </cmdsynopsis>
      </refsynopsisdiv>

      <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
        <para>Usually the udev daemon listens directly to the kernel uevents.
        udevsend may be used to pass events for already existing devices from
        a userspace application to the daemon.</para>
      </refsect1>

      <refsect1><title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
        <variablelist>
          <varlistentry>
            <term><option>ACTION</option></term>
            <listitem>
              <para><replaceable>add</replaceable> or <replaceable>remove</replaceable> signifies
              the addition or the removal of a device.</para>
            </listitem>
          </varlistentry>

          <varlistentry>
            <term><option>DEVPATH</option></term>
            <listitem>
              <para>The sysfs devpath without the mountpoint but a leading slash.</para>
            </listitem>
          </varlistentry>

          <varlistentry>
            <term><option>SUBSYSTEM</option></term>
            <listitem>
              <para>The kernel subsystem the device belongs to.</para>
            </listitem>
          </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
     </refsect1>
      <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
        <para>Written by Kay Sievers <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>.</para>
      </refsect1>

      <refsect1>
        <title>SEE ALSO</title>
        <para><citerefentry>
            <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
          </citerefentry>, 
          <citerefentry>
            <refentrytitle>udevd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
          </citerefentry></para>
      </refsect1>
    </refentry>
  </section>
</article>