<title>udevadm</title>
<refentry>
<refentryinfo>
- <title>udevd</title>
- <date>November 2007</date>
+ <title>udevadm</title>
<productname>udev</productname>
</refentryinfo>
<option>--path</option> or <option>--name</option> to identify the specified
device. Valid queries are:
<command>name</command>, <command>symlink</command>, <command>path</command>,
- <command>env</command>, <command>all</command>.</para>
+ <command>property</command>, <command>all</command>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
of the sysfs attribute is checked. This option can be specified multiple times.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--property-match=<replaceable>property</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Trigger events for devices with a matching property value. This option can be
+ specified multiple times and supports shell style pattern matching.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--sysname-match=<replaceable>name</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Trigger events for devices with a matching sys device name. This option can be
+ specified multiple times and supports shell style pattern matching.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
and always return immediately.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--seq-start=<replaceable>seqnum</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Wait only for events after the given sequence number.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--seq-end=<replaceable>seqnum</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Wait only for events before the given sequence number.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--exit-if-exists=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Stop waiting if file exists.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--quiet</option></term>
<listitem>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--reload-rules</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Signal udevd to reload the rules from the config.</para>
+ <para>Signal udevd to reload the rules files.
+ The udev daemon detects changes automatically, this option is
+ usually not needed. Reloading rules does not apply any changes
+ to already existing devices.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--env=<replaceable>KEY</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term>
+ <term><option>--property=<replaceable>KEY</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Set global variable.</para>
+ <para>Set a global property for all events.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
event timing, by comparing the timestamps of the kernel uevent and the udev event.
</para>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--environment</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Print the complete environment for all events. Can be used to compare the
- kernel supplied and the udev added environment values.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--kernel</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Print the udev event after the rule processing.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--property</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Also print the properties of the event.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem>