Re: add/remove actions for usb devices

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 10:22:14PM +0100, Florian Iragne wrote:
> 
> 
> >Or if you want to catch the fact when udev removes a /dev node (which
> >odds are is what you really want to catch), put your script, or a link
> >to it in /etc/dev.d/block/ with the extension .dev and you will get both
> >add and remove events that corrisponded to a udev create or remove
> >device node.
> >
> > 
> >
> just one more stupid question! ;-)
> 
> is this /etc/dev.d/block/ directory supposed to already exist? i think 
> so but can't find it. On my debian sid, i have /etc/udev directory, but 
> no block in this

You need the 023 release for this to work.

And no, that directory will not be there, you need to create it
yourself.

> and another one in fact : is the creation of a SYMLINK considered as a 
> node add?

No, but the SYMLINK had to be created to point to some real node, right?
:)

That should all happen in one action.

thanks,

greg k-h


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