.TH UDEVSTART 8 "March 2004" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual" .SH NAME udevstart \- populate device directory with all nodes available in sysfs .SH SYNOPSIS .B udevstart .SH "DESCRIPTION" .B udevstart walks trough the sysfs device tree and calls .B udev to create the node for every valid device found. It can be used to fill a empty device directory with nodes for all devices currently available on the system. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR udev (8) .SH AUTHORS .B udevstart was developed primarily by Harald Hoyer , with much help from others.