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-.TH UDEVINFO 8 "October 2003" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
+.TH UDEVINFO 8 "January 2004" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 udevinfo \- retrieve information from udev
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B udevinfo
-.RI "[-q " query_type " -p " sysfs_path "] [-drVh]"
+.RI "[\-q " query_type " \-p " sysfs_path "] [\-drVh]"
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .B udevinfo
-allows users to query the udev database for information on any of the devices
-currently present in the system.  It also provides a way to query any device
-in the sysfs tree to help in creating
+allows users to query the udev database for information on any device
+currently present on the system.  It also provides a way to query any device
+in the sysfs tree to help creating
 .B udev
-rule files.
+rules.
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .TP
-.B -V
+.B \-V
 Print the version information.
 .TP
-.B -r
-Print the the
+.B \-r
+Print the
 .B udev_root
-directory. When used in conjunction with a query for the node name, the
+directory. When used in conjunction with a query for the node name or the
+symlink names, the
 .B udev_root
-will be prepended.
+will be prepended to query result.
 .TP
-.BI -q " query_type"
-Query the database for specified value of a created device node.
-.RB Needs " -p " or " -n " specified.
+.BI \-q " query_type"
+Query the database for specified value of a created device node or network
+interface.
+.RB Needs " \-p " or " \-n " specified.
 .br
 Valid types are:
-.BR name ", " symlink ", " mode " ," owner " , " group " or " path.
+.BR name ", " symlink ", " path " or " all.
 .TP
-.BI -p " sysfs_path"
+.BI \-p " sysfs_path"
 Specify the sysfs path of the device to query.
 .TP
-.BI -n " name"
-Specify the name of the node for the device to query.
+.BI \-n " name"
+Specify the name of the node, the symlink or the network interface for the
+device to query. Partition names generated with the NAME{all_partitons} option
+can not be queried, the main device must be used instead.
 .TP
-.B -a
+.B \-a
 Print all
 .BI SYSFS{ filename }
-attributes along the device chain. Useful for for finding
+attributes along the device chain. Useful for finding
 unique attributes to compose a rule.
-.RB Needs " -p " specified.
+.RB Needs " \-p " specified.
 .TP
-.B -d
-Dump the whole database.
+.B \-d
+Print the relationship between the devpath and the node name for all devices
+currently available in the database.
 .TP
-.B -h
+.B \-h
 Print help text.
 .SH "FILES"
 .nf