the same name in <filename>/lib/udev/rules.d/</filename>; this can be
used to ignore a default rules file if needed.</para>
- <para>Rule files must end in <filename>.rules</filename>, other extensions
- are ignored.</para>
+ <para>Rule files must have the extension <filename>.rules</filename>; other
+ extensions are ignored.</para>
- <para>Every line in the rules file contains at least one key value pair.
- There are two kind of keys, match and assignment keys.
+ <para>Every line in the rules file contains at least one key-value pair.
+ There are two kind of keys: match and assignment.
If all match keys are matching against its value, the rule gets applied and the
- assign keys get the specified value assigned.</para>
+ assignment keys get the specified value assigned.</para>
<para>A matching rule may rename a network interface, add symlinks
pointing to the device node, or run a specified program as part of
the event handling.</para>
- <para>A rule consists of a list of one or more key value pairs separated by
- a comma. Each key has a distinct operation, depending on the used operator. Valid
+ <para>A rule consists of a comma-separated list of one or more key-value pairs.
+ Each key has a distinct operation, depending on the used operator. Valid
operators are:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>watch</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Watch the device node with inotify, when closed after being opened for
+ <para>Watch the device node with inotify; when closed after being opened for
writing, a change uevent is synthesised.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>