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From: Alesh Slovak <alesh.slovak@avasys.jp>
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:09:52 +0000
Subject: Re: udev rules file validation
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clemens fischer wrote:
> On Fri-2009/09/04-02:06 Alesh Slovak wrote:
> 
>> `UDEV_CONFIG_FILE=temp.conf udevadm test NULL`
>>
>> The configuration file temp.conf simply points to a temporary
>> directory containing the candidate udev rules file to avoid any
>> possible interference from other rules files on the system.
> 
> What is meant by "temp.conf simply points to a temporary directory
> containing the candidate udev rules"?  I can find only the directives
> "udev_root" and "udev_log" but none specifying the location of rule
> files.

There is also a "udev_rules" directive. I create "temp.conf" that 
defines this to the same location as where I generate the udev rules 
file I wish to validate.