From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] man page cleanup
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 09:40:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040402094050.GD16642@vrfy.org> (raw)
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Small cleanup of the wording in the udev. man page.
thanks,
Kay
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===== udev.8.in 1.57 vs edited =====
--- 1.57/udev.8.in Fri Apr 2 01:55:45 2004
+++ edited/udev.8.in Fri Apr 2 11:38:05 2004
@@ -84,38 +84,36 @@
.IR @udevdir@/.udev.tdb .
.TP
.B udev_rules
-This is the location of the udev rules file. The default value for this is
+The name of the udev rules file or directory to look for files with the suffix
+.IR .rules .
+All rule files are read in lexical order. The default value is
.IR /etc/udev/udev.rules .
-If a directory is specified, the whole directory is
-scanned for files ending with
-.I .rules
-and all rule files are read in lexical order.
.TP
.B udev_permissions
-This is the location of the udev permission file. The default value for this is
+The name of the udev permission file or directory to look for files with the
+suffix
+.IR .permissions .
+All permission files are read in lexical order. The default value is
.IR /etc/udev/udev.permissions .
-If a directory is specified, the whole directory is scanned for files ending with
-.I .permissions
-and all permission files are read in lexical order.
.TP
.B udev_log
-If you want udev to log some information to the syslog for every device handled.
+The switch, if udev logs some information for every device handled.
The default value is
.IR yes .
.TP
.B default_mode
-This is the default mode for all nodes not explicitely matching in the
-permissions file. The default value is
+The default mode for all nodes not explicitely matching in the permissions
+file. The default value is
.IR 0666 .
.TP
.B default_owner
-This is the default owner for all nodes not explicitely matching in the
-permissions file. The default value is
+The default owner for all nodes not explicitely matching in the permissions
+file. The default value is
.IR root .
.TP
.B default_group
-This is the default group for all nodes not explicitely matching in the
-permissions file. The default value is
+The default group for all nodes not explicitely matching in the permissions
+file. The default value is
.IR root .
.br
.P
@@ -128,11 +126,12 @@
# udev_db - The name and location of the udev database
udev_db="@udevdir@/.udev.tdb"
-# udev_rules - The location of the directory where to look for files
- which names ending with .rules
-udev_rules="/etc/udev/"
+# udev_rules - The name of the udev rules file or directory to look
+ for files with the suffix .rules
+udev_rules="/etc/udev/rules.d/"
-# udev_permissions - The name and location of the udev permission file
+# udev_permissions - The name of the udev permission file or directry to look
+ for files with the suffix .permissions
udev_permissions="/etc/udev/udev.permissions"
# udev_log - set to "yes" if you want logging, else "no"
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2004-04-02 9:40 Kay Sievers [this message]
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