man: udev - add private properties like ENV{.FOO}="bar"

[elogind.git] / udev / udev.xml

diff --git a/udev/udev.xml b/udev/udev.xml
index 4c35e197911ee16b7b30e10d3ba8f99f537a4494..934fe628ae66dbdf226a1d0f97d46ff8b0ecb1e8 100644 (file)
--- a/udev/udev.xml
+++ b/udev/udev.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
           pointing to the node, or run a specified program as part of the event handling.
           If no matching rule is found, the default device node name is used.</para>
 
-          <para>A rule may consist of a list of one or more key value pairs separated by
+          <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
           operators are:</para>
           <variablelist>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>!=</option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>Compare for non-equality.</para>
+                <para>Compare for inequality.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>ENV{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>Set a device property value.</para>
+                <para>Set a device property value. Property names with a leading '.'
+                are not stored in the database or exported to external tool or events.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
@@ -457,6 +458,13 @@
                       with this option.</para>
                     </listitem>
                   </varlistentry>
+                  <varlistentry>
+                    <term><option>watch</option></term>
+                    <listitem>
+                      <para>Watch the device node with inotify, when closed after being opened for
+                     writing, a change uevent will be synthesised.</para>
+                    </listitem>
+                  </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
@@ -613,9 +621,6 @@
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
           </variablelist>
-          <para>The count of characters to be substituted may be limited by specifying
-          the format length value. For example, '%3s{file}' will only
-          insert the first three characters of the sysfs attribute</para>
         </refsect2>
       </refsect1>