also accept real socket files for RUN+="socket:<path>"

[elogind.git] / udevadm.xml

diff --git a/udevadm.xml b/udevadm.xml
index ccbeeca404cdb2b083745780fc2d0044463c818f..121c1401d6850a1ff0bdb6f5c15ea598e78add12 100644 (file)
--- a/udevadm.xml
+++ b/udevadm.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
         </refsect2>
 
         <refsect2><title>udevadm trigger <optional>options</optional></title>
-          <para>Request kernel device uevents, usually used to replay events at system coldplug.</para>
+          <para>Request device uevents, usually used to replay events at system coldplug.</para>
           <variablelist>
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>--verbose</option></term>
@@ -188,6 +188,16 @@
                 of the sysfs attribute is checked. This option can be specified multiple times.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
+            <varlistentry>
+              <term><option>--socket<replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term>
+              <listitem>
+                <para>Pass the synthesized events to the specified socket, instead of triggering
+                a global kernel event. All available event values will be send in the same format
+                the kernel sends an uevent, or <option>RUN+="socket:<replaceable>path</replaceable>"</option>
+                sends a message. If the first character of the specified path is an @ character,
+                an abstract namespace socket is used, instead of an existing socket file.</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
           </variablelist>
         </refsect2>