From: kay.sievers@vrfy.org Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 03:50:22 +0000 (-0800) Subject: [PATCH] put symlink only rules to the man page X-Git-Tag: 022~23 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2bd07cf29b30b424d4b5a17882d0cab0b235153b;p=systemd [PATCH] put symlink only rules to the man page Here we mention the "symlink only - add it to another rule" feature to the man page. Andrey, does this describe what you have implemented :) --- diff --git a/udev.8 b/udev.8 index 76b8913f..24ff4e28 100644 --- a/udev.8 +++ b/udev.8 @@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ call. This key may used in any following rule after a call. .TP .B NAME -The name of the node to be created. If the name field is omitted or its -value is empty, the device will be ignored and no node will be created. +The name of the node to be created. .br If given with the attribute .BR NAME{ all_partitions } @@ -211,6 +210,16 @@ This may be useful for removable media devices. .B SYMLINK The name of a symlink targeting the node. Multiple symlinks may be specified by separating the names by the space character. +.br +If both the name and the symlink fields are omitted or its +values empty, the device will be ignored and no node will be created. +.br +If only the symlink field is given and the name field is omitted, +the rule will not be applied immediatly, but the symlink field is added +to the symlink list of the rule which will create the node. +This makes it possible to specify additional symlinks in a possibly +separate rules file, while the device nodes are maintained by the +distribution provided rules file. .P .RB "The " NAME " ," SYMLINK " and " PROGRAM fields support simple printf-like string substitution: