X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fudev.xml;h=e253a0677a95c4a7a7e9b5aea9adbf305bfcf2d7;hb=a432cb691ca3c1e18b012cb8e9f6e5654b3652a2;hp=773635ecf77ed28212bdcfefe64e762ae908bfa5;hpb=6b76fa66199967b4ec71854f717d0b8ee94497c4;p=elogind.git diff --git a/man/udev.xml b/man/udev.xml index 773635ecf..e253a0677 100644 --- a/man/udev.xml +++ b/man/udev.xml @@ -54,28 +54,7 @@ sources is provided by the library libudev. - Configuration - udev configuration files are placed in /etc/udev - and /usr/lib/udev. All empty lines or lines beginning with - '#' are ignored. - - Configuration file - udev expects its main configuration file at /etc/udev/udev.conf. - It consists of a set of variables allowing the user to override default udev values. - The following variables can be set: - - - udev_log - - The logging priority. Valid values are the numerical syslog priorities - or their textual representations: , - and . - - - - - - Rules files + Rules files The udev rules are read from the files located in the system rules directory /usr/lib/udev/rules.d, the volatile runtime directory /run/udev/rules.d @@ -94,9 +73,10 @@ extensions are ignored. Every line in the rules file contains at least one key-value pair. + Except for empty lines or lines beginning with '#', which are ignored. There are two kinds of keys: match and assignment. - If all match keys are matching against its value, the rule gets applied and the - assignment keys get the specified value assigned. + If all match keys match against their values, the rule gets applied and the + assignment keys get the specified values assigned. A matching rule may rename a network interface, add symlinks pointing to the device node, or run a specified program as part of @@ -148,7 +128,7 @@ not only the device that has generated the event. If multiple keys that match a parent device are specified in a single rule, all these keys must match at one and the same parent device. - + @@ -322,7 +302,7 @@ The following keys can get values assigned: - + @@ -392,14 +372,31 @@ - + - Add a program to the list of programs to be executed for a specific - device. - If no absolute path is given, the program is expected to live in - /usr/lib/udev, otherwise the absolute path must be specified. The program - name and following arguments are separated by spaces. Single quotes can - be used to specify arguments with spaces. + Add a program to the list of programs to be executed after processing all the + rules for a specific event, depending on type: + + + program + + Execute an external program specified as the assigned + value. If no absolute path is given, the program is expected to live in + /usr/lib/udev, otherwise the absolute path must be specified. + This is the default if no type is + specified. + + + + builtin + + As , but use one of the built-in programs rather + than an external one. + + + + The program name and following arguments are separated by spaces. + Single quotes can be used to specify arguments with spaces. This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. Running an event process for a long period of time may block all further events for this or a dependent device. @@ -439,6 +436,13 @@ + builtin + + As , but use one of the built-in programs rather + than an external one. + + + file Import a text file specified as the assigned value, the content @@ -489,7 +493,7 @@ Rule and device options: - + @@ -546,7 +550,7 @@ is executed, allowing for the use of device properties set by earlier matching rules. For all other fields, substitutions are performed while the individual rule is being processed. The available substitutions are: - + , @@ -690,7 +694,6 @@ -