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9 <firstname>Kay</firstname>
10 <surname>Sievers</surname>
11 <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>
15 <holder>Kay Sievers</holder>
20 <title>udevsend</title>
23 <title>udevsend</title>
24 <date>August 2005</date>
25 <productname>udev</productname>
29 <refentrytitle>udevsend</refentrytitle>
30 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
34 <refname>udevsend</refname>
35 <refpurpose>send the current environment to the udev daemon</refpurpose>
40 <command>udevsend</command>
44 <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
45 <para>Usually the udev daemon listens directly to the kernel uevents.
46 udevsend may be used to pass events for already existing devices from
47 a userspace application to the daemon.</para>
50 <refsect1><title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
53 <term><option>ACTION</option></term>
55 <para><replaceable>add</replaceable> or <replaceable>remove</replaceable> signifies
56 the addition or the removal of a device.</para>
61 <term><option>DEVPATH</option></term>
63 <para>The sysfs devpath without the mountpoint but a leading slash.</para>
68 <term><option>SUBSYSTEM</option></term>
70 <para>The kernel subsystem the device belongs to.</para>
75 <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
76 <para>Written by Kay Sievers <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>.</para>
80 <title>SEE ALSO</title>
82 <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
85 <refentrytitle>udevd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
86 </citerefentry></para>