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10<refentry id="udev">
11 <refentryinfo>
7b86ada7 12 <title>udev</title>
d3a2386d 13 <productname>systemd</productname>
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14 </refentryinfo>
15
16 <refmeta>
17 <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle>
18 <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
19 </refmeta>
20
21 <refnamediv>
22 <refname>udev</refname>
eb75d0ed 23 <refpurpose>Dynamic device management</refpurpose>
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24 </refnamediv>
25
26 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
27 <para>udev supplies the system software with device events, manages permissions
28 of device nodes and may create additional symlinks in the <filename>/dev</filename>
29 directory, or renames network interfaces. The kernel usually just assigns unpredictable
30 device names based on the order of discovery. Meaningful symlinks or network device
31 names provide a way to reliably identify devices based on their properties or
32 current configuration.</para>
33
b79f817b 34 <para>The udev daemon, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle>
0e4fa2ab 35 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, receives device uevents directly from
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36 the kernel whenever a device is added or removed from the system, or it changes its
37 state. When udev receives a device event, it matches its configured set of rules
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38 against various device attributes to identify the device. Rules that match may
39 provide additional device information to be stored in the udev database or
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40 to be used to create meaningful symlink names.</para>
41
0e846301 42 <para>All device information udev processes is stored in the udev database and
63749b1a 43 sent out to possible event subscribers. Access to all stored data and the event
17fd0f60 44 sources is provided by the library libudev.</para>
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45 </refsect1>
46
eb75d0ed 47 <refsect1><title>Rules Files</title>
63749b1a 48 <para>The udev rules are read from the files located in the
12b42c76 49 system rules directory <filename>/usr/lib/udev/rules.d</filename>,
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50 the volatile runtime directory <filename>/run/udev/rules.d</filename>
51 and the local administration directory <filename>/etc/udev/rules.d</filename>.
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52 All rules files are collectively sorted and processed in lexical order,
53 regardless of the directories in which they live. However, files with
e9dd9f95 54 identical filenames replace each other. Files in <filename>/etc</filename>
91418155 55 have the highest priority, files in <filename>/run</filename> take precedence
12b42c76 56 over files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib</filename>. This can be
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57 used to override a system-supplied rules file with a local file if needed;
58 a symlink in <filename>/etc</filename> with the same name as a rules file in
12b42c76 59 <filename>/usr/lib</filename>, pointing to <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
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60 disables the rules file entirely. Rule files must have the extension
61 <filename>.rules</filename>; other extensions are ignored.</para>
63749b1a 62
feedf8f3 63 <para>Every line in the rules file contains at least one key-value pair.
909f413d 64 Except for empty lines or lines beginning with <literal>#</literal>, which are ignored.
bb31a4ac 65 There are two kinds of keys: match and assignment.
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66 If all match keys match against their values, the rule gets applied and the
67 assignment keys get the specified values assigned.</para>
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68
69 <para>A matching rule may rename a network interface, add symlinks
70 pointing to the device node, or run a specified program as part of
71 the event handling.</para>
72
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73 <para>A rule consists of a comma-separated list of one or more key-value pairs.
74 Each key has a distinct operation, depending on the used operator. Valid
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75 operators are:</para>
76 <variablelist>
77 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 78 <term><literal>==</literal></term>
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79 <listitem>
80 <para>Compare for equality.</para>
81 </listitem>
82 </varlistentry>
83
84 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 85 <term><literal>!=</literal></term>
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86 <listitem>
87 <para>Compare for inequality.</para>
88 </listitem>
89 </varlistentry>
90
91 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 92 <term><literal>=</literal></term>
63749b1a 93 <listitem>
0e846301 94 <para>Assign a value to a key. Keys that represent a list are reset
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95 and only this single value is assigned.</para>
96 </listitem>
97 </varlistentry>
98
99 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 100 <term><literal>+=</literal></term>
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101 <listitem>
102 <para>Add the value to a key that holds a list of entries.</para>
103 </listitem>
104 </varlistentry>
105
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106 <varlistentry>
107 <term><literal>-=</literal></term>
108 <listitem>
109 <para>Remove the value from a key that holds a list of entries.</para>
110 </listitem>
111 </varlistentry>
112
63749b1a 113 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 114 <term><literal>:=</literal></term>
63749b1a 115 <listitem>
2bf11540 116 <para>Assign a value to a key finally; disallow any later changes.</para>
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117 </listitem>
118 </varlistentry>
119 </variablelist>
120
121 <para>The following key names can be used to match against device properties.
122 Some of the keys also match against properties of the parent devices in sysfs,
123 not only the device that has generated the event. If multiple keys that match
124 a parent device are specified in a single rule, all these keys must match at
125 one and the same parent device.</para>
ccc9a4f9 126 <variablelist class='udev-directives'>
63749b1a 127 <varlistentry>
909f413d 128 <term><varname>ACTION</varname></term>
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129 <listitem>
130 <para>Match the name of the event action.</para>
131 </listitem>
132 </varlistentry>
133
134 <varlistentry>
909f413d 135 <term><varname>DEVPATH</varname></term>
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136 <listitem>
137 <para>Match the devpath of the event device.</para>
138 </listitem>
139 </varlistentry>
140
141 <varlistentry>
909f413d 142 <term><varname>KERNEL</varname></term>
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143 <listitem>
144 <para>Match the name of the event device.</para>
145 </listitem>
146 </varlistentry>
147
148 <varlistentry>
909f413d 149 <term><varname>NAME</varname></term>
63749b1a 150 <listitem>
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151 <para>Match the name of a network interface. It can be used once the
152 NAME key has been set in one of the preceding rules.</para>
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153 </listitem>
154 </varlistentry>
155
156 <varlistentry>
909f413d 157 <term><varname>SYMLINK</varname></term>
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158 <listitem>
159 <para>Match the name of a symlink targeting the node. It can
160 be used once a SYMLINK key has been set in one of the preceding
161 rules. There may be multiple symlinks; only one needs to match.
162 </para>
163 </listitem>
164 </varlistentry>
165
166 <varlistentry>
909f413d 167 <term><varname>SUBSYSTEM</varname></term>
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168 <listitem>
169 <para>Match the subsystem of the event device.</para>
170 </listitem>
171 </varlistentry>
172 <varlistentry>
909f413d 173 <term><varname>DRIVER</varname></term>
63749b1a 174 <listitem>
2e7f69eb 175 <para>Match the driver name of the event device. Only set this key for devices
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176 which are bound to a driver at the time the event is generated.</para>
177 </listitem>
178 </varlistentry>
179 <varlistentry>
909f413d 180 <term><varname>ATTR{<replaceable>filename</replaceable>}</varname></term>
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181 <listitem>
182 <para>Match sysfs attribute values of the event device. Trailing
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183 whitespace in the attribute values is ignored unless the specified match
184 value itself contains trailing whitespace.
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185 </para>
186 </listitem>
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187 <term><varname>SYSCTL{<replaceable>kernel parameter</replaceable>}</varname></term>
188 <listitem>
189 <para>Match a kernel parameter value.
190 </para>
191 </listitem>
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192 </varlistentry>
193
194 <varlistentry>
909f413d 195 <term><varname>KERNELS</varname></term>
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196 <listitem>
197 <para>Search the devpath upwards for a matching device name.</para>
198 </listitem>
199 </varlistentry>
200
201 <varlistentry>
909f413d 202 <term><varname>SUBSYSTEMS</varname></term>
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203 <listitem>
204 <para>Search the devpath upwards for a matching device subsystem name.</para>
205 </listitem>
206 </varlistentry>
207
208 <varlistentry>
909f413d 209 <term><varname>DRIVERS</varname></term>
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210 <listitem>
211 <para>Search the devpath upwards for a matching device driver name.</para>
212 </listitem>
213 </varlistentry>
214
215 <varlistentry>
909f413d 216 <term><varname>ATTRS{<replaceable>filename</replaceable>}</varname></term>
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217 <listitem>
218 <para>Search the devpath upwards for a device with matching sysfs attribute values.
909f413d 219 If multiple <varname>ATTRS</varname> matches are specified, all of them
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220 must match on the same device. Trailing whitespace in the attribute values is ignored
221 unless the specified match value itself contains trailing whitespace.</para>
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222 </listitem>
223 </varlistentry>
224
7df0ed83 225 <varlistentry>
909f413d 226 <term><varname>TAGS</varname></term>
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227 <listitem>
228 <para>Search the devpath upwards for a device with matching tag.</para>
229 </listitem>
230 </varlistentry>
231
63749b1a 232 <varlistentry>
909f413d 233 <term><varname>ENV{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</varname></term>
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234 <listitem>
235 <para>Match against a device property value.</para>
236 </listitem>
237 </varlistentry>
238
239 <varlistentry>
909f413d 240 <term><varname>TAG</varname></term>
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241 <listitem>
242 <para>Match against a device tag.</para>
243 </listitem>
244 </varlistentry>
245
246 <varlistentry>
909f413d 247 <term><varname>TEST{<replaceable>octal mode mask</replaceable>}</varname></term>
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248 <listitem>
249 <para>Test the existence of a file. An octal mode mask can be specified
250 if needed.</para>
251 </listitem>
252 </varlistentry>
253
254 <varlistentry>
909f413d 255 <term><varname>PROGRAM</varname></term>
63749b1a 256 <listitem>
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257 <para>Execute a program to determine whether there
258 is a match; the key is true if the program returns
63749b1a 259 successfully. The device properties are made available to the
f131770b 260 executed program in the environment. The program's standard output
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261 is available in the <varname>RESULT</varname> key.</para>
262 <para>This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. For details,
909f413d 263 see <varname>RUN</varname>.</para>
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264 </listitem>
265 </varlistentry>
266
267 <varlistentry>
909f413d 268 <term><varname>RESULT</varname></term>
63749b1a 269 <listitem>
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270 <para>Match the returned string of the last <varname>PROGRAM</varname> call.
271 This key can be used in the same or in any later rule after a
272 <varname>PROGRAM</varname> call.</para>
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273 </listitem>
274 </varlistentry>
275 </variablelist>
276
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277 <para>Most of the fields support shell glob pattern matching and
278 alternate patterns. The following special characters are supported:</para>
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279 <variablelist>
280 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 281 <term><literal>*</literal></term>
63749b1a 282 <listitem>
954e9c52 283 <para>Matches zero or more characters.</para>
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284 </listitem>
285 </varlistentry>
286 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 287 <term><literal>?</literal></term>
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288 <listitem>
289 <para>Matches any single character.</para>
290 </listitem>
291 </varlistentry>
292 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 293 <term><literal>[]</literal></term>
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294 <listitem>
295 <para>Matches any single character specified within the brackets. For
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296 example, the pattern string <literal>tty[SR]</literal>
297 would match either <literal>ttyS</literal> or <literal>ttyR</literal>.
298 Ranges are also supported via the <literal>-</literal> character.
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299 For example, to match on the range of all digits, the pattern
300 <literal>[0-9]</literal> could be used. If the first character
301 following the <literal>[</literal> is a <literal>!</literal>,
302 any characters not enclosed are matched.</para>
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303 </listitem>
304 </varlistentry>
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305 <varlistentry>
306 <term><literal>|</literal></term>
307 <listitem>
308 <para>Separates alternative patterns. For example, the pattern string
309 <literal>abc|x*</literal> would match either <literal>abc</literal>
310 or <literal>x*</literal>.</para>
311 </listitem>
312 </varlistentry>
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313 </variablelist>
314
315 <para>The following keys can get values assigned:</para>
ccc9a4f9 316 <variablelist class='udev-directives'>
63749b1a 317 <varlistentry>
909f413d 318 <term><varname>NAME</varname></term>
63749b1a 319 <listitem>
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320 <para>The name to use for a network interface. See
321 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
322 for a higher-level mechanism for setting the interface name.
323 The name of a device node cannot be changed by udev, only additional
324 symlinks can be created.</para>
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325 </listitem>
326 </varlistentry>
327
328 <varlistentry>
909f413d 329 <term><varname>SYMLINK</varname></term>
63749b1a 330 <listitem>
933b5623 331 <para>The name of a symlink targeting the node. Every matching rule adds
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332 this value to the list of symlinks to be created.</para>
333 <para>The set of characters to name a symlink is limited. Allowed
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334 characters are <literal>0-9A-Za-z#+-.:=@_/</literal>, valid UTF-8 character
335 sequences, and <literal>\x00</literal> hex encoding. All other
336 characters are replaced by a <literal>_</literal> character.</para>
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337 <para>Multiple symlinks may be specified by separating the names by the
338 space character. In case multiple devices claim the same name, the link
339 always points to the device with the highest link_priority. If the current
340 device goes away, the links are re-evaluated and the device with the
341 next highest link_priority becomes the owner of the link. If no
342 link_priority is specified, the order of the devices (and which one of
343 them owns the link) is undefined.</para>
344 <para>Symlink names must never conflict with the kernel's default device
345 node names, as that would result in unpredictable behavior.
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346 </para>
347 </listitem>
348 </varlistentry>
349
350 <varlistentry>
909f413d 351 <term><varname>OWNER</varname>, <varname>GROUP</varname>, <varname>MODE</varname></term>
63749b1a 352 <listitem>
91418155 353 <para>The permissions for the device node. Every specified value overrides
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354 the compiled-in default value.</para>
355 </listitem>
356 </varlistentry>
357
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358 <varlistentry>
359 <term><varname>SECLABEL{<replaceable>module</replaceable>}</varname></term>
360 <listitem>
361 <para>Applies the specified Linux Security Module label to the device node.</para>
362 </listitem>
363 </varlistentry>
364
63749b1a 365 <varlistentry>
909f413d 366 <term><varname>ATTR{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</varname></term>
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367 <listitem>
368 <para>The value that should be written to a sysfs attribute of the
369 event device.</para>
370 </listitem>
371 </varlistentry>
372
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373 <varlistentry>
374 <term><varname>SYSCTL{<replaceable>kernel parameter</replaceable>}</varname></term>
375 <listitem>
376 <para>The value that should be written to kernel parameter.</para>
377 </listitem>
378 </varlistentry>
379
63749b1a 380 <varlistentry>
909f413d 381 <term><varname>ENV{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</varname></term>
63749b1a 382 <listitem>
909f413d 383 <para>Set a device property value. Property names with a leading <literal>.</literal>
ed9c5fb7 384 are neither stored in the database nor exported to events or
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385 external tools (run by, for example, the <varname>PROGRAM</varname>
386 match key).</para>
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387 </listitem>
388 </varlistentry>
389
390 <varlistentry>
909f413d 391 <term><varname>TAG</varname></term>
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392 <listitem>
393 <para>Attach a tag to a device. This is used to filter events for users
394 of libudev's monitor functionality, or to enumerate a group of tagged
395 devices. The implementation can only work efficiently if only a few
396 tags are attached to a device. It is only meant to be used in
397 contexts with specific device filter requirements, and not as a
398 general-purpose flag. Excessive use might result in inefficient event
399 handling.</para>
400 </listitem>
401 </varlistentry>
402
403 <varlistentry>
909f413d 404 <term><varname>RUN{<replaceable>type</replaceable>}</varname></term>
63749b1a 405 <listitem>
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406 <para>Add a program to the list of programs to be executed after
407 processing all the rules for a specific event, depending on
408 <literal>type</literal>:</para>
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409 <variablelist>
410 <varlistentry>
411 <term><literal>program</literal></term>
412 <listitem>
413 <para>Execute an external program specified as the assigned
bcddd5bf 414 value. If no absolute path is given, the program is expected
12b42c76 415 to live in <filename>/usr/lib/udev</filename>; otherwise, the
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416 absolute path must be specified.</para>
417 <para>This is the default if no <replaceable>type</replaceable>
418 is specified.</para>
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419 </listitem>
420 </varlistentry>
421 <varlistentry>
422 <term><literal>builtin</literal></term>
423 <listitem>
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424 <para>As <varname>program</varname>, but use one of the
425 built-in programs rather than an external one.</para>
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426 </listitem>
427 </varlistentry>
428 </variablelist>
429 <para>The program name and following arguments are separated by spaces.
430 Single quotes can be used to specify arguments with spaces.</para>
b45f770f 431 <para>This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. Running an
2b76eb68 432 event process for a long period of time may block all further events for
b45f770f 433 this or a dependent device.</para>
bcddd5bf 434 <para>Starting daemons or other long-running processes is not appropriate
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435 for udev; the forked processes, detached or not, will be unconditionally
436 killed after the event handling has finished.</para>
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437 <para>Note that running programs that access the network or mount/unmount
438 filesystems is not allowed inside of udev rules, due to the default sandbox
439 that is enforced on <filename>systemd-udevd.service</filename>.</para>
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440 </listitem>
441 </varlistentry>
442
443 <varlistentry>
909f413d 444 <term><varname>LABEL</varname></term>
63749b1a 445 <listitem>
bcddd5bf 446 <para>A named label to which a <varname>GOTO</varname> may jump.</para>
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447 </listitem>
448 </varlistentry>
449
450 <varlistentry>
909f413d 451 <term><varname>GOTO</varname></term>
63749b1a 452 <listitem>
bcddd5bf 453 <para>Jumps to the next <varname>LABEL</varname> with a matching name.</para>
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454 </listitem>
455 </varlistentry>
456
457 <varlistentry>
909f413d 458 <term><varname>IMPORT{<replaceable>type</replaceable>}</varname></term>
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459 <listitem>
460 <para>Import a set of variables as device properties,
6b76fa66 461 depending on <literal>type</literal>:</para>
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462 <variablelist>
463 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 464 <term><literal>program</literal></term>
63749b1a 465 <listitem>
9de4d0ce 466 <para>Execute an external program specified as the assigned
b938cb90 467 value and, if it returns successfully,
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468 import its output, which must be in environment key
469 format. Path specification, command/argument separation,
909f413d 470 and quoting work like in <varname>RUN</varname>.</para>
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471 </listitem>
472 </varlistentry>
473 <varlistentry>
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474 <term><literal>builtin</literal></term>
475 <listitem>
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476 <para>Similar to <literal>program</literal>, but use one of the
477 built-in programs rather than an external one.</para>
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478 </listitem>
479 </varlistentry>
480 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 481 <term><literal>file</literal></term>
63749b1a 482 <listitem>
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483 <para>Import a text file specified as the assigned value, the content
484 of which must be in environment key format.</para>
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485 </listitem>
486 </varlistentry>
487 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 488 <term><literal>db</literal></term>
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489 <listitem>
490 <para>Import a single property specified as the assigned value from the
491 current device database. This works only if the database is already populated
492 by an earlier event.</para>
493 </listitem>
494 </varlistentry>
c4f6dcc4 495 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 496 <term><literal>cmdline</literal></term>
c4f6dcc4 497 <listitem>
ad9c70a8 498 <para>Import a single property from the kernel command line. For simple flags
909f413d 499 the value of the property is set to <literal>1</literal>.</para>
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500 </listitem>
501 </varlistentry>
63749b1a 502 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 503 <term><literal>parent</literal></term>
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504 <listitem>
505 <para>Import the stored keys from the parent device by reading
506 the database entry of the parent device. The value assigned to
507 <option>IMPORT{parent}</option> is used as a filter of key names
eb75d0ed 508 to import (with the same shell glob pattern matching used for
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509 comparisons).</para>
510 </listitem>
511 </varlistentry>
512 </variablelist>
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513 <para>This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. For details
514 see <option>RUN</option>.</para>
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515 </listitem>
516 </varlistentry>
517
63749b1a 518 <varlistentry>
909f413d 519 <term><varname>OPTIONS</varname></term>
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520 <listitem>
521 <para>Rule and device options:</para>
ccc9a4f9 522 <variablelist class='udev-directives'>
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523 <varlistentry>
524 <term><option>link_priority=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term>
525 <listitem>
526 <para>Specify the priority of the created symlinks. Devices with higher
527 priorities overwrite existing symlinks of other devices. The default is 0.</para>
528 </listitem>
529 </varlistentry>
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530 <varlistentry>
531 <term><option>string_escape=<replaceable>none|replace</replaceable></option></term>
532 <listitem>
b938cb90 533 <para>Usually, control and other possibly unsafe characters are replaced
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535 with this option.</para>
536 </listitem>
537 </varlistentry>
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539 <term><option>static_node=</option></term>
540 <listitem>
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542 static device node with the specified name. Also, for every
543 tag specified in this rule, create a symlink
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545 <filename>/run/udev/static_node-tags/<replaceable>tag</replaceable></filename>
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547 Static device node creation is performed by systemd-tmpfiles
548 before systemd-udevd is started. The static nodes might not
549 have a corresponding kernel device; they are used to trigger
550 automatic kernel module loading when they are accessed.</para>
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552 </varlistentry>
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554 <term><option>watch</option></term>
555 <listitem>
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557 closed after being opened for writing, a change uevent is
558 synthesized.</para>
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560 </varlistentry>
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562 <term><option>nowatch</option></term>
563 <listitem>
564 <para>Disable the watching of a device node with inotify.</para>
565 </listitem>
566 </varlistentry>
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568 </listitem>
569 </varlistentry>
570 </variablelist>
571
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573 <varname>PROGRAM</varname>, <varname>OWNER</varname>,
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575 and <varname>RUN</varname> fields support simple string substitutions.
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577 have been processed, right before the program is executed, allowing for
578 the use of device properties set by earlier matching rules. For all other
579 fields, substitutions are performed while the individual rule is being
580 processed. The available substitutions are:</para>
ccc9a4f9 581 <variablelist class='udev-directives'>
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583 <term><option>$kernel</option>, <option>%k</option></term>
584 <listitem>
585 <para>The kernel name for this device.</para>
586 </listitem>
587 </varlistentry>
588
589 <varlistentry>
590 <term><option>$number</option>, <option>%n</option></term>
591 <listitem>
909f413d 592 <para>The kernel number for this device. For example,
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594 </para>
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596 </varlistentry>
597
598 <varlistentry>
599 <term><option>$devpath</option>, <option>%p</option></term>
600 <listitem>
601 <para>The devpath of the device.</para>
602 </listitem>
603 </varlistentry>
604
605 <varlistentry>
606 <term><option>$id</option>, <option>%b</option></term>
607 <listitem>
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609 upwards for <option>SUBSYSTEMS</option>, <option>KERNELS</option>,
610 <option>DRIVERS</option>, and <option>ATTRS</option>.
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612 </listitem>
613 </varlistentry>
614
615 <varlistentry>
616 <term><option>$driver</option></term>
617 <listitem>
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619 devpath upwards for <option>SUBSYSTEMS</option>,
620 <option>KERNELS</option>, <option>DRIVERS</option>, and
621 <option>ATTRS</option>.
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623 </listitem>
624 </varlistentry>
625
626 <varlistentry>
627 <term><option>$attr{<replaceable>file</replaceable>}</option>, <option>%s{<replaceable>file</replaceable>}</option></term>
628 <listitem>
0e846301 629 <para>The value of a sysfs attribute found at the device where
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631 have such an attribute, and a previous <option>KERNELS</option>,
632 <option>SUBSYSTEMS</option>, <option>DRIVERS</option>, or
633 <option>ATTRS</option> test selected a parent device, then the
634 attribute from that parent device is used.
635 </para>
636 <para>If the attribute is a symlink, the last element of the
637 symlink target is returned as the value.
638 </para>
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640 </varlistentry>
641
642 <varlistentry>
643 <term><option>$env{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</option>, <option>%E{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</option></term>
644 <listitem>
645 <para>A device property value.</para>
646 </listitem>
647 </varlistentry>
648
649 <varlistentry>
650 <term><option>$major</option>, <option>%M</option></term>
651 <listitem>
652 <para>The kernel major number for the device.</para>
653 </listitem>
654 </varlistentry>
655
656 <varlistentry>
657 <term><option>$minor</option>, <option>%m</option></term>
658 <listitem>
659 <para>The kernel minor number for the device.</para>
660 </listitem>
661 </varlistentry>
662
663 <varlistentry>
664 <term><option>$result</option>, <option>%c</option></term>
665 <listitem>
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667 <varname>PROGRAM</varname>.
21188522 668 A single part of the string, separated by a space character, may be selected
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670 If the number is followed by the <literal>+</literal> character, this part plus all remaining parts
671 of the result string are substituted: <literal>%c{N+}</literal>.</para>
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673 </varlistentry>
674
675 <varlistentry>
676 <term><option>$parent</option>, <option>%P</option></term>
677 <listitem>
678 <para>The node name of the parent device.</para>
679 </listitem>
680 </varlistentry>
681
682 <varlistentry>
683 <term><option>$name</option></term>
684 <listitem>
220893b3 685 <para>The current name of the device. If not changed by a rule, it is the
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687 </listitem>
688 </varlistentry>
689
690 <varlistentry>
691 <term><option>$links</option></term>
692 <listitem>
e8b5e4e5 693 <para>A space-separated list of the current symlinks. The value is
2d74bc75 694 only set during a remove event or if an earlier rule assigned a value.</para>
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696 </varlistentry>
697
698 <varlistentry>
699 <term><option>$root</option>, <option>%r</option></term>
700 <listitem>
701 <para>The udev_root value.</para>
702 </listitem>
703 </varlistentry>
704
705 <varlistentry>
706 <term><option>$sys</option>, <option>%S</option></term>
707 <listitem>
708 <para>The sysfs mount point.</para>
709 </listitem>
710 </varlistentry>
711
712 <varlistentry>
220893b3 713 <term><option>$devnode</option>, <option>%N</option></term>
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220893b3 715 <para>The name of the device node.</para>
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717 </varlistentry>
718
719 <varlistentry>
909f413d 720 <term><option>%%</option></term>
63749b1a 721 <listitem>
909f413d 722 <para>The <literal>%</literal> character itself.</para>
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724 </varlistentry>
725
726 <varlistentry>
909f413d 727 <term><option>$$</option></term>
63749b1a 728 <listitem>
909f413d 729 <para>The <literal>$</literal> character itself.</para>
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731 </varlistentry>
732 </variablelist>
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734
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736 <title>See Also</title>
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738 <citerefentry>
b79f817b 739 <refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
ad29a9f1 740 </citerefentry>,
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742 <refentrytitle>udevadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
2b09983f 743 </citerefentry>,
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745 <refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
746 </citerefentry>
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749</refentry>