this or a dependent device. Long running tasks need to be immediately
detached from the event process itself.</para>
<para>If no absolute path is given, the program is expected to live in
- <filename>/lib/udev</filename>, otherwise the absolute path must be
- specified. Program name and arguments are separated by spaces. Single quotes
- can be used to specify arguments with spaces.</para>
+ the directory provided at compile-time to configure via --libexecdir
+ (this is usually <filename>/lib/udev</filename>), 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.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>LABEL</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Named label where a GOTO can jump to.</para>
+ <para>A named label to which a GOTO may jump.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>GOTO</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Jumps to the next LABEL with a matching name</para>
+ <para>Jumps to the next LABEL with a matching name.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>file</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Import a text file specified as the assigned value, which must be in
- environment key format.</para>
+ <para>Import a text file specified as the assigned value, the content
+ of which must be in environment key format.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>cmdline</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Import a single property from the kernel commandline. For simple flags
+ <para>Import a single property from the kernel command line. For simple flags
the value of the property is set to '1'.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>WAIT_FOR</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Wait for a file to become available or until a 10
- seconds timeout expires. The path is relative to the sysfs device,
- i. e. if no path is specified this waits for an attribute to appear.</para>
+ <para>Wait for a file to become available or until a timeout of
+ 10 seconds expires. The path is relative to the sysfs device;
+ if no path is specified, this waits for an attribute to appear.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>static_node=</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Apply the permissions specified in this rule to a static device node with
+ <para>Apply the permissions specified in this rule to the static device node with
the specified name. Static device nodes might be provided by kernel modules
or copied from <filename>/lib/udev/devices</filename>. These nodes might not have
a corresponding kernel device at the time udevd is started; they can trigger