udevsend.xml

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   5 <article>
   6   <articleinfo>
   7     <title>xmlto</title>
   8     <author>
   9       <firstname>Kay</firstname>
  10       <surname>Sievers</surname>
  11       <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>
  12     </author>
  13     <copyright>
  14       <year>2005</year>
  15       <holder>Kay Sievers</holder>
  16     </copyright>
  17   </articleinfo>
  18
  19   <section>
  20     <title>udevsend</title>
  21     <refentry>
  22       <refentryinfo>
  23         <title>udevsend</title>
  24         <date>August 2005</date>
  25         <productname>udev</productname>
  26       </refentryinfo>
  27
  28       <refmeta>
  29         <refentrytitle>udevsend</refentrytitle>
  30         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  31       </refmeta>
  32
  33       <refnamediv>
  34         <refname>udevsend</refname>
  35         <refpurpose>send the current environment to the udev daemon</refpurpose>
  36       </refnamediv>
  37
  38       <refsynopsisdiv>
  39         <cmdsynopsis>
  40           <command>udevsend</command>
  41         </cmdsynopsis>
  42       </refsynopsisdiv>
  43
  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>
  48       </refsect1>
  49
  50       <refsect1><title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
  51         <variablelist>
  52           <varlistentry>
  53             <term><option>ACTION</option></term>
  54             <listitem>
  55               <para><replaceable>add</replaceable> or <replaceable>remove</replaceable> signifies
  56               the addition or the removal of a device.</para>
  57             </listitem>
  58           </varlistentry>
  59
  60           <varlistentry>
  61             <term><option>DEVPATH</option></term>
  62             <listitem>
  63               <para>The sysfs devpath without the mountpoint but a leading slash.</para>
  64             </listitem>
  65           </varlistentry>
  66
  67           <varlistentry>
  68             <term><option>SUBSYSTEM</option></term>
  69             <listitem>
  70               <para>The kernel subsystem the device belongs to.</para>
  71             </listitem>
  72           </varlistentry>
  73         </variablelist>
  74      </refsect1>
  75       <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
  76         <para>Written by Kay Sievers <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>.</para>
  77       </refsect1>
  78
  79       <refsect1>
  80         <title>SEE ALSO</title>
  81         <para><citerefentry>
  82             <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
  83           </citerefentry>,
  84           <citerefentry>
  85             <refentrytitle>udevd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  86           </citerefentry></para>
  87       </refsect1>
  88     </refentry>
  89   </section>
  90 </article>