Re: DEVLINKS and DEVNAME variables in RUN rules

[Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@mail.ru>]

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On Wednesday 25 January 2006 22:10, Kay Sievers wrote:
> Hehe, no, as mentioned in the last mail,

too late :)

> we can't patch the created man 
> page, it comes from "docs/udev.xml".

Why is it verion-controlled then?

> I don't mind putting it in there myself, but if you want to send a new
> patch, go for it. :)

third attempt. I do not mind, I practice (st-)git on your expense :) This time 
attached due to overly long lines.

-andrey

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Subject: [PATCH] Document when substitutions are applied for RUN and other keys

From: Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@mail.ru>



Signed-off-by: Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@mail.ru>
---

 docs/udev.xml |    9 +++++++--
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/udev.xml b/docs/udev.xml
index 7e29077..c94bdcd 100644
--- a/docs/udev.xml
+++ b/docs/udev.xml
@@ -353,8 +353,13 @@
           </variablelist>
 
           <para>The <option>NAME</option>, <option>SYMLINK</option>, <option>PROGRAM</option>,
-          <option>OWNER</option>  and  <option>GROUP</option>  fields  support  simple
-          printf-like string substitutions:</para>
+          <option>OWNER</option>, <option>GROUP</option>  and  <option>RUN</option>
+          fields support simple printf-like string substitutions. For
+          <option>RUN</option> they are applied immediately before program
+          is launched, after all rules have been processed. It allows use of
+          complete environment set up by earlier rules including exported
+          variables. For all other fields substitutions are applied when rule
+          is being processed. The supported substitutions are:</para>
           <variablelist>
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>$kernel</option>, <option>%k</option></term>

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