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<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd.device</refname>
- <refpurpose>systemd device configuration files</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Device unit configuration</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
- <para><filename>systemd.device</filename></para>
+ <para><filename><replaceable>device</replaceable>.device</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
- <filename>.device</filename> encodes information about
+ <literal>.device</literal> encodes information about
a device unit as exposed in the
sysfs/<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
device tree.</para>
<para>Device units are named after the
<filename>/sys</filename> and
<filename>/dev</filename> paths they control. Example:
- the device <filename>/dev/sda5</filename> is exposed
+ the device <filename noindex='true'>/dev/sda5</filename> is exposed
in systemd as <filename>dev-sda5.device</filename>. For
details about the escaping logic used to convert a
file system path to a unit name see
database (which is recommended). The following udev
properties are understood by systemd:</para>
- <variablelist>
+ <variablelist class='udev-directives'>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>SYSTEMD_WANTS=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Adds dependencies of
available. Note that this and the
other tags are not taken into account
unless the device is tagged with the
- "<literal>systemd</literal>" string in
+ <literal>systemd</literal> string in
the udev database, because otherwise
the device is not exposed as systemd
unit.</para></listitem>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>SYSTEMD_READY=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>If set to 0 systemd
+ <listitem><para>If set to 0, systemd
will consider this device unplugged
even if it shows up in the udev
tree. If this property is unset or set
- to 1 the device will be considered
+ to 1, the device will be considered
plugged the moment it shows up in the
udev tree. This property has no
- influence on the behaviour when a
+ influence on the behavior when a
device disappears from the udev
tree. This option is useful to support
devices that initially show up in an
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>