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3802a3d3 1<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-->
63749b1a 2<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
4
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5<refentry id="udev">
6 <refentryinfo>
7b86ada7 7 <title>udev</title>
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8 <productname>systemd</productname>
9 <authorgroup>
10 <author>
11 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
12 <firstname>Greg</firstname>
13 <surname>Kroah-Hartmann</surname>
14 <email>greg@kroah.com</email>
15 </author>
16 <author>
17 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
18 <firstname>Kay</firstname>
19 <surname>Sievers</surname>
20 <email>kay@vrfy.org</email>
21 </author>
22 </authorgroup>
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23 </refentryinfo>
24
25 <refmeta>
26 <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle>
27 <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
28 </refmeta>
29
30 <refnamediv>
31 <refname>udev</refname>
eb75d0ed 32 <refpurpose>Dynamic device management</refpurpose>
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33 </refnamediv>
34
35 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
36 <para>udev supplies the system software with device events, manages permissions
37 of device nodes and may create additional symlinks in the <filename>/dev</filename>
38 directory, or renames network interfaces. The kernel usually just assigns unpredictable
39 device names based on the order of discovery. Meaningful symlinks or network device
40 names provide a way to reliably identify devices based on their properties or
41 current configuration.</para>
42
b79f817b 43 <para>The udev daemon, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle>
0e4fa2ab 44 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, receives device uevents directly from
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45 the kernel whenever a device is added or removed from the system, or it changes its
46 state. When udev receives a device event, it matches its configured set of rules
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47 against various device attributes to identify the device. Rules that match may
48 provide additional device information to be stored in the udev database or
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49 to be used to create meaningful symlink names.</para>
50
0e846301 51 <para>All device information udev processes is stored in the udev database and
63749b1a 52 sent out to possible event subscribers. Access to all stored data and the event
17fd0f60 53 sources is provided by the library libudev.</para>
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54 </refsect1>
55
eb75d0ed 56 <refsect1><title>Rules Files</title>
63749b1a 57 <para>The udev rules are read from the files located in the
12a362be 58 system rules directory <filename>/usr/lib/udev/rules.d</filename>,
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59 the volatile runtime directory <filename>/run/udev/rules.d</filename>
60 and the local administration directory <filename>/etc/udev/rules.d</filename>.
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61 All rules files are collectively sorted and processed in lexical order,
62 regardless of the directories in which they live. However, files with
e9dd9f95 63 identical filenames replace each other. Files in <filename>/etc</filename>
91418155 64 have the highest priority, files in <filename>/run</filename> take precedence
e0e009c0 65 over files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib</filename>. This can be
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66 used to override a system-supplied rules file with a local file if needed;
67 a symlink in <filename>/etc</filename> with the same name as a rules file in
e0e009c0 68 <filename>/usr/lib</filename>, pointing to <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
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69 disables the rules file entirely. Rule files must have the extension
70 <filename>.rules</filename>; other extensions are ignored.</para>
63749b1a 71
feedf8f3 72 <para>Every line in the rules file contains at least one key-value pair.
909f413d 73 Except for empty lines or lines beginning with <literal>#</literal>, which are ignored.
bb31a4ac 74 There are two kinds of keys: match and assignment.
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75 If all match keys match against their values, the rule gets applied and the
76 assignment keys get the specified values assigned.</para>
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77
78 <para>A matching rule may rename a network interface, add symlinks
79 pointing to the device node, or run a specified program as part of
80 the event handling.</para>
81
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82 <para>A rule consists of a comma-separated list of one or more key-value pairs.
83 Each key has a distinct operation, depending on the used operator. Valid
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84 operators are:</para>
85 <variablelist>
86 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 87 <term><literal>==</literal></term>
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88 <listitem>
89 <para>Compare for equality.</para>
90 </listitem>
91 </varlistentry>
92
93 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 94 <term><literal>!=</literal></term>
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95 <listitem>
96 <para>Compare for inequality.</para>
97 </listitem>
98 </varlistentry>
99
100 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 101 <term><literal>=</literal></term>
63749b1a 102 <listitem>
0e846301 103 <para>Assign a value to a key. Keys that represent a list are reset
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104 and only this single value is assigned.</para>
105 </listitem>
106 </varlistentry>
107
108 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 109 <term><literal>+=</literal></term>
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110 <listitem>
111 <para>Add the value to a key that holds a list of entries.</para>
112 </listitem>
113 </varlistentry>
114
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115 <varlistentry>
116 <term><literal>-=</literal></term>
117 <listitem>
118 <para>Remove the value from a key that holds a list of entries.</para>
119 </listitem>
120 </varlistentry>
121
63749b1a 122 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 123 <term><literal>:=</literal></term>
63749b1a 124 <listitem>
2bf11540 125 <para>Assign a value to a key finally; disallow any later changes.</para>
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126 </listitem>
127 </varlistentry>
128 </variablelist>
129
130 <para>The following key names can be used to match against device properties.
131 Some of the keys also match against properties of the parent devices in sysfs,
132 not only the device that has generated the event. If multiple keys that match
133 a parent device are specified in a single rule, all these keys must match at
134 one and the same parent device.</para>
ccc9a4f9 135 <variablelist class='udev-directives'>
63749b1a 136 <varlistentry>
909f413d 137 <term><varname>ACTION</varname></term>
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138 <listitem>
139 <para>Match the name of the event action.</para>
140 </listitem>
141 </varlistentry>
142
143 <varlistentry>
909f413d 144 <term><varname>DEVPATH</varname></term>
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145 <listitem>
146 <para>Match the devpath of the event device.</para>
147 </listitem>
148 </varlistentry>
149
150 <varlistentry>
909f413d 151 <term><varname>KERNEL</varname></term>
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152 <listitem>
153 <para>Match the name of the event device.</para>
154 </listitem>
155 </varlistentry>
156
157 <varlistentry>
909f413d 158 <term><varname>NAME</varname></term>
63749b1a 159 <listitem>
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160 <para>Match the name of a network interface. It can be used once the
161 NAME key has been set in one of the preceding rules.</para>
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162 </listitem>
163 </varlistentry>
164
165 <varlistentry>
909f413d 166 <term><varname>SYMLINK</varname></term>
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167 <listitem>
168 <para>Match the name of a symlink targeting the node. It can
169 be used once a SYMLINK key has been set in one of the preceding
170 rules. There may be multiple symlinks; only one needs to match.
171 </para>
172 </listitem>
173 </varlistentry>
174
175 <varlistentry>
909f413d 176 <term><varname>SUBSYSTEM</varname></term>
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177 <listitem>
178 <para>Match the subsystem of the event device.</para>
179 </listitem>
180 </varlistentry>
181 <varlistentry>
909f413d 182 <term><varname>DRIVER</varname></term>
63749b1a 183 <listitem>
2e7f69eb 184 <para>Match the driver name of the event device. Only set this key for devices
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185 which are bound to a driver at the time the event is generated.</para>
186 </listitem>
187 </varlistentry>
188 <varlistentry>
909f413d 189 <term><varname>ATTR{<replaceable>filename</replaceable>}</varname></term>
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190 <listitem>
191 <para>Match sysfs attribute values of the event device. Trailing
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192 whitespace in the attribute values is ignored unless the specified match
193 value itself contains trailing whitespace.
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194 </para>
195 </listitem>
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196 <term><varname>SYSCTL{<replaceable>kernel parameter</replaceable>}</varname></term>
197 <listitem>
198 <para>Match a kernel parameter value.
199 </para>
200 </listitem>
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201 </varlistentry>
202
203 <varlistentry>
909f413d 204 <term><varname>KERNELS</varname></term>
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205 <listitem>
206 <para>Search the devpath upwards for a matching device name.</para>
207 </listitem>
208 </varlistentry>
209
210 <varlistentry>
909f413d 211 <term><varname>SUBSYSTEMS</varname></term>
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212 <listitem>
213 <para>Search the devpath upwards for a matching device subsystem name.</para>
214 </listitem>
215 </varlistentry>
216
217 <varlistentry>
909f413d 218 <term><varname>DRIVERS</varname></term>
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219 <listitem>
220 <para>Search the devpath upwards for a matching device driver name.</para>
221 </listitem>
222 </varlistentry>
223
224 <varlistentry>
909f413d 225 <term><varname>ATTRS{<replaceable>filename</replaceable>}</varname></term>
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226 <listitem>
227 <para>Search the devpath upwards for a device with matching sysfs attribute values.
909f413d 228 If multiple <varname>ATTRS</varname> matches are specified, all of them
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229 must match on the same device. Trailing whitespace in the attribute values is ignored
230 unless the specified match value itself contains trailing whitespace.</para>
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231 </listitem>
232 </varlistentry>
233
7df0ed83 234 <varlistentry>
909f413d 235 <term><varname>TAGS</varname></term>
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236 <listitem>
237 <para>Search the devpath upwards for a device with matching tag.</para>
238 </listitem>
239 </varlistentry>
240
63749b1a 241 <varlistentry>
909f413d 242 <term><varname>ENV{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</varname></term>
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243 <listitem>
244 <para>Match against a device property value.</para>
245 </listitem>
246 </varlistentry>
247
248 <varlistentry>
909f413d 249 <term><varname>TAG</varname></term>
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250 <listitem>
251 <para>Match against a device tag.</para>
252 </listitem>
253 </varlistentry>
254
255 <varlistentry>
909f413d 256 <term><varname>TEST{<replaceable>octal mode mask</replaceable>}</varname></term>
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257 <listitem>
258 <para>Test the existence of a file. An octal mode mask can be specified
259 if needed.</para>
260 </listitem>
261 </varlistentry>
262
263 <varlistentry>
909f413d 264 <term><varname>PROGRAM</varname></term>
63749b1a 265 <listitem>
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266 <para>Execute a program to determine whether there
267 is a match; the key is true if the program returns
63749b1a 268 successfully. The device properties are made available to the
f131770b 269 executed program in the environment. The program's standard output
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270 is available in the <varname>RESULT</varname> key.</para>
271 <para>This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. For details,
909f413d 272 see <varname>RUN</varname>.</para>
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273 </listitem>
274 </varlistentry>
275
276 <varlistentry>
909f413d 277 <term><varname>RESULT</varname></term>
63749b1a 278 <listitem>
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279 <para>Match the returned string of the last <varname>PROGRAM</varname> call.
280 This key can be used in the same or in any later rule after a
281 <varname>PROGRAM</varname> call.</para>
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282 </listitem>
283 </varlistentry>
284 </variablelist>
285
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286 <para>Most of the fields support shell glob pattern matching and
287 alternate patterns. The following special characters are supported:</para>
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288 <variablelist>
289 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 290 <term><literal>*</literal></term>
63749b1a 291 <listitem>
954e9c52 292 <para>Matches zero or more characters.</para>
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293 </listitem>
294 </varlistentry>
295 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 296 <term><literal>?</literal></term>
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297 <listitem>
298 <para>Matches any single character.</para>
299 </listitem>
300 </varlistentry>
301 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 302 <term><literal>[]</literal></term>
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303 <listitem>
304 <para>Matches any single character specified within the brackets. For
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305 example, the pattern string <literal>tty[SR]</literal>
306 would match either <literal>ttyS</literal> or <literal>ttyR</literal>.
307 Ranges are also supported via the <literal>-</literal> character.
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308 For example, to match on the range of all digits, the pattern
309 <literal>[0-9]</literal> could be used. If the first character
310 following the <literal>[</literal> is a <literal>!</literal>,
311 any characters not enclosed are matched.</para>
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312 </listitem>
313 </varlistentry>
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314 <varlistentry>
315 <term><literal>|</literal></term>
316 <listitem>
317 <para>Separates alternative patterns. For example, the pattern string
318 <literal>abc|x*</literal> would match either <literal>abc</literal>
319 or <literal>x*</literal>.</para>
320 </listitem>
321 </varlistentry>
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322 </variablelist>
323
324 <para>The following keys can get values assigned:</para>
ccc9a4f9 325 <variablelist class='udev-directives'>
63749b1a 326 <varlistentry>
909f413d 327 <term><varname>NAME</varname></term>
63749b1a 328 <listitem>
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329 <para>The name to use for a network interface. See
330 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
331 for a higher-level mechanism for setting the interface name.
332 The name of a device node cannot be changed by udev, only additional
333 symlinks can be created.</para>
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334 </listitem>
335 </varlistentry>
336
337 <varlistentry>
909f413d 338 <term><varname>SYMLINK</varname></term>
63749b1a 339 <listitem>
933b5623 340 <para>The name of a symlink targeting the node. Every matching rule adds
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341 this value to the list of symlinks to be created.</para>
342 <para>The set of characters to name a symlink is limited. Allowed
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343 characters are <literal>0-9A-Za-z#+-.:=@_/</literal>, valid UTF-8 character
344 sequences, and <literal>\x00</literal> hex encoding. All other
345 characters are replaced by a <literal>_</literal> character.</para>
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346 <para>Multiple symlinks may be specified by separating the names by the
347 space character. In case multiple devices claim the same name, the link
348 always points to the device with the highest link_priority. If the current
349 device goes away, the links are re-evaluated and the device with the
350 next highest link_priority becomes the owner of the link. If no
351 link_priority is specified, the order of the devices (and which one of
352 them owns the link) is undefined.</para>
353 <para>Symlink names must never conflict with the kernel's default device
354 node names, as that would result in unpredictable behavior.
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355 </para>
356 </listitem>
357 </varlistentry>
358
359 <varlistentry>
909f413d 360 <term><varname>OWNER</varname>, <varname>GROUP</varname>, <varname>MODE</varname></term>
63749b1a 361 <listitem>
91418155 362 <para>The permissions for the device node. Every specified value overrides
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363 the compiled-in default value.</para>
364 </listitem>
365 </varlistentry>
366
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367 <varlistentry>
368 <term><varname>SECLABEL{<replaceable>module</replaceable>}</varname></term>
369 <listitem>
370 <para>Applies the specified Linux Security Module label to the device node.</para>
371 </listitem>
372 </varlistentry>
373
63749b1a 374 <varlistentry>
909f413d 375 <term><varname>ATTR{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</varname></term>
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376 <listitem>
377 <para>The value that should be written to a sysfs attribute of the
378 event device.</para>
379 </listitem>
380 </varlistentry>
381
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382 <varlistentry>
383 <term><varname>SYSCTL{<replaceable>kernel parameter</replaceable>}</varname></term>
384 <listitem>
385 <para>The value that should be written to kernel parameter.</para>
386 </listitem>
387 </varlistentry>
388
63749b1a 389 <varlistentry>
909f413d 390 <term><varname>ENV{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</varname></term>
63749b1a 391 <listitem>
909f413d 392 <para>Set a device property value. Property names with a leading <literal>.</literal>
ed9c5fb7 393 are neither stored in the database nor exported to events or
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394 external tools (run by, for example, the <varname>PROGRAM</varname>
395 match key).</para>
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396 </listitem>
397 </varlistentry>
398
399 <varlistentry>
909f413d 400 <term><varname>TAG</varname></term>
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401 <listitem>
402 <para>Attach a tag to a device. This is used to filter events for users
403 of libudev's monitor functionality, or to enumerate a group of tagged
404 devices. The implementation can only work efficiently if only a few
405 tags are attached to a device. It is only meant to be used in
406 contexts with specific device filter requirements, and not as a
407 general-purpose flag. Excessive use might result in inefficient event
408 handling.</para>
409 </listitem>
410 </varlistentry>
411
412 <varlistentry>
909f413d 413 <term><varname>RUN{<replaceable>type</replaceable>}</varname></term>
63749b1a 414 <listitem>
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415 <para>Add a program to the list of programs to be executed after
416 processing all the rules for a specific event, depending on
417 <literal>type</literal>:</para>
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418 <variablelist>
419 <varlistentry>
420 <term><literal>program</literal></term>
421 <listitem>
422 <para>Execute an external program specified as the assigned
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423 value. If no absolute path is given, the program is expected
424 to live in <filename>/usr/lib/udev</filename>; otherwise, the
425 absolute path must be specified.</para>
426 <para>This is the default if no <replaceable>type</replaceable>
427 is specified.</para>
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428 </listitem>
429 </varlistentry>
430 <varlistentry>
431 <term><literal>builtin</literal></term>
432 <listitem>
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433 <para>As <varname>program</varname>, but use one of the
434 built-in programs rather than an external one.</para>
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435 </listitem>
436 </varlistentry>
437 </variablelist>
438 <para>The program name and following arguments are separated by spaces.
439 Single quotes can be used to specify arguments with spaces.</para>
b45f770f 440 <para>This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. Running an
2b76eb68 441 event process for a long period of time may block all further events for
b45f770f 442 this or a dependent device.</para>
bcddd5bf 443 <para>Starting daemons or other long-running processes is not appropriate
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444 for udev; the forked processes, detached or not, will be unconditionally
445 killed after the event handling has finished.</para>
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446 </listitem>
447 </varlistentry>
448
449 <varlistentry>
909f413d 450 <term><varname>LABEL</varname></term>
63749b1a 451 <listitem>
bcddd5bf 452 <para>A named label to which a <varname>GOTO</varname> may jump.</para>
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453 </listitem>
454 </varlistentry>
455
456 <varlistentry>
909f413d 457 <term><varname>GOTO</varname></term>
63749b1a 458 <listitem>
bcddd5bf 459 <para>Jumps to the next <varname>LABEL</varname> with a matching name.</para>
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460 </listitem>
461 </varlistentry>
462
463 <varlistentry>
909f413d 464 <term><varname>IMPORT{<replaceable>type</replaceable>}</varname></term>
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465 <listitem>
466 <para>Import a set of variables as device properties,
6b76fa66 467 depending on <literal>type</literal>:</para>
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468 <variablelist>
469 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 470 <term><literal>program</literal></term>
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471 <listitem>
472 <para>Execute an external program specified as the assigned value and
473 import its output, which must be in environment key
474 format. Path specification, command/argument separation,
909f413d 475 and quoting work like in <varname>RUN</varname>.</para>
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476 </listitem>
477 </varlistentry>
478 <varlistentry>
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479 <term><literal>builtin</literal></term>
480 <listitem>
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481 <para>Similar to <literal>program</literal>, but use one of the
482 built-in programs rather than an external one.</para>
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483 </listitem>
484 </varlistentry>
485 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 486 <term><literal>file</literal></term>
63749b1a 487 <listitem>
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488 <para>Import a text file specified as the assigned value, the content
489 of which must be in environment key format.</para>
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490 </listitem>
491 </varlistentry>
492 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 493 <term><literal>db</literal></term>
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494 <listitem>
495 <para>Import a single property specified as the assigned value from the
496 current device database. This works only if the database is already populated
497 by an earlier event.</para>
498 </listitem>
499 </varlistentry>
c4f6dcc4 500 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 501 <term><literal>cmdline</literal></term>
c4f6dcc4 502 <listitem>
ad9c70a8 503 <para>Import a single property from the kernel command line. For simple flags
909f413d 504 the value of the property is set to <literal>1</literal>.</para>
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505 </listitem>
506 </varlistentry>
63749b1a 507 <varlistentry>
6b76fa66 508 <term><literal>parent</literal></term>
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509 <listitem>
510 <para>Import the stored keys from the parent device by reading
511 the database entry of the parent device. The value assigned to
512 <option>IMPORT{parent}</option> is used as a filter of key names
eb75d0ed 513 to import (with the same shell glob pattern matching used for
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514 comparisons).</para>
515 </listitem>
516 </varlistentry>
517 </variablelist>
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518 <para>This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. For details
519 see <option>RUN</option>.</para>
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520 </listitem>
521 </varlistentry>
522
523 <varlistentry>
909f413d 524 <term><varname>WAIT_FOR</varname></term>
63749b1a 525 <listitem>
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526 <para>Wait for a file to become available or until a timeout of
527 10 seconds expires. The path is relative to the sysfs device;
528 if no path is specified, this waits for an attribute to appear.</para>
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529 </listitem>
530 </varlistentry>
531
532 <varlistentry>
909f413d 533 <term><varname>OPTIONS</varname></term>
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534 <listitem>
535 <para>Rule and device options:</para>
ccc9a4f9 536 <variablelist class='udev-directives'>
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537 <varlistentry>
538 <term><option>link_priority=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term>
539 <listitem>
540 <para>Specify the priority of the created symlinks. Devices with higher
541 priorities overwrite existing symlinks of other devices. The default is 0.</para>
542 </listitem>
543 </varlistentry>
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545 <term><option>string_escape=<replaceable>none|replace</replaceable></option></term>
546 <listitem>
547 <para>Usually control and other possibly unsafe characters are replaced
548 in strings used for device naming. The mode of replacement can be specified
549 with this option.</para>
550 </listitem>
551 </varlistentry>
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553 <term><option>static_node=</option></term>
554 <listitem>
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556 static device node with the specified name. Also, for every
557 tag specified in this rule, create a symlink
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559 <filename>/run/udev/static_node-tags/<replaceable>tag</replaceable></filename>
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561 Static device node creation is performed by systemd-tmpfiles
562 before systemd-udevd is started. The static nodes might not
563 have a corresponding kernel device; they are used to trigger
564 automatic kernel module loading when they are accessed.</para>
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566 </varlistentry>
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568 <term><option>watch</option></term>
569 <listitem>
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571 closed after being opened for writing, a change uevent is
572 synthesized.</para>
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574 </varlistentry>
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576 <term><option>nowatch</option></term>
577 <listitem>
578 <para>Disable the watching of a device node with inotify.</para>
579 </listitem>
580 </varlistentry>
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582 </listitem>
583 </varlistentry>
584 </variablelist>
585
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586 <para>The <varname>NAME</varname>, <varname>SYMLINK</varname>,
587 <varname>PROGRAM</varname>, <varname>OWNER</varname>,
588 <varname>GROUP</varname>, <varname>MODE</varname>, and
589 <varname>RUN</varname> fields support simple string substitutions.
590 The <varname>RUN</varname> substitutions are performed after all rules
591 have been processed, right before the program is executed, allowing for
592 the use of device properties set by earlier matching rules. For all other
593 fields, substitutions are performed while the individual rule is being
594 processed. The available substitutions are:</para>
ccc9a4f9 595 <variablelist class='udev-directives'>
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597 <term><option>$kernel</option>, <option>%k</option></term>
598 <listitem>
599 <para>The kernel name for this device.</para>
600 </listitem>
601 </varlistentry>
602
603 <varlistentry>
604 <term><option>$number</option>, <option>%n</option></term>
605 <listitem>
909f413d 606 <para>The kernel number for this device. For example,
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608 </para>
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610 </varlistentry>
611
612 <varlistentry>
613 <term><option>$devpath</option>, <option>%p</option></term>
614 <listitem>
615 <para>The devpath of the device.</para>
616 </listitem>
617 </varlistentry>
618
619 <varlistentry>
620 <term><option>$id</option>, <option>%b</option></term>
621 <listitem>
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623 upwards for <option>SUBSYSTEMS</option>, <option>KERNELS</option>,
624 <option>DRIVERS</option>, and <option>ATTRS</option>.
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626 </listitem>
627 </varlistentry>
628
629 <varlistentry>
630 <term><option>$driver</option></term>
631 <listitem>
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633 devpath upwards for <option>SUBSYSTEMS</option>,
634 <option>KERNELS</option>, <option>DRIVERS</option>, and
635 <option>ATTRS</option>.
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637 </listitem>
638 </varlistentry>
639
640 <varlistentry>
641 <term><option>$attr{<replaceable>file</replaceable>}</option>, <option>%s{<replaceable>file</replaceable>}</option></term>
642 <listitem>
0e846301 643 <para>The value of a sysfs attribute found at the device where
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645 have such an attribute, and a previous <option>KERNELS</option>,
646 <option>SUBSYSTEMS</option>, <option>DRIVERS</option>, or
647 <option>ATTRS</option> test selected a parent device, then the
648 attribute from that parent device is used.
649 </para>
650 <para>If the attribute is a symlink, the last element of the
651 symlink target is returned as the value.
652 </para>
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654 </varlistentry>
655
656 <varlistentry>
657 <term><option>$env{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</option>, <option>%E{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</option></term>
658 <listitem>
659 <para>A device property value.</para>
660 </listitem>
661 </varlistentry>
662
663 <varlistentry>
664 <term><option>$major</option>, <option>%M</option></term>
665 <listitem>
666 <para>The kernel major number for the device.</para>
667 </listitem>
668 </varlistentry>
669
670 <varlistentry>
671 <term><option>$minor</option>, <option>%m</option></term>
672 <listitem>
673 <para>The kernel minor number for the device.</para>
674 </listitem>
675 </varlistentry>
676
677 <varlistentry>
678 <term><option>$result</option>, <option>%c</option></term>
679 <listitem>
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681 <varname>PROGRAM</varname>.
21188522 682 A single part of the string, separated by a space character, may be selected
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684 If the number is followed by the <literal>+</literal> character, this part plus all remaining parts
685 of the result string are substituted: <literal>%c{N+}</literal>.</para>
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686 </listitem>
687 </varlistentry>
688
689 <varlistentry>
690 <term><option>$parent</option>, <option>%P</option></term>
691 <listitem>
692 <para>The node name of the parent device.</para>
693 </listitem>
694 </varlistentry>
695
696 <varlistentry>
697 <term><option>$name</option></term>
698 <listitem>
220893b3 699 <para>The current name of the device. If not changed by a rule, it is the
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701 </listitem>
702 </varlistentry>
703
704 <varlistentry>
705 <term><option>$links</option></term>
706 <listitem>
e8b5e4e5 707 <para>A space-separated list of the current symlinks. The value is
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710 </varlistentry>
711
712 <varlistentry>
713 <term><option>$root</option>, <option>%r</option></term>
714 <listitem>
715 <para>The udev_root value.</para>
716 </listitem>
717 </varlistentry>
718
719 <varlistentry>
720 <term><option>$sys</option>, <option>%S</option></term>
721 <listitem>
722 <para>The sysfs mount point.</para>
723 </listitem>
724 </varlistentry>
725
726 <varlistentry>
220893b3 727 <term><option>$devnode</option>, <option>%N</option></term>
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220893b3 729 <para>The name of the device node.</para>
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731 </varlistentry>
732
733 <varlistentry>
909f413d 734 <term><option>%%</option></term>
63749b1a 735 <listitem>
909f413d 736 <para>The <literal>%</literal> character itself.</para>
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738 </varlistentry>
739
740 <varlistentry>
909f413d 741 <term><option>$$</option></term>
63749b1a 742 <listitem>
909f413d 743 <para>The <literal>$</literal> character itself.</para>
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745 </varlistentry>
746 </variablelist>
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748
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750 <title>See Also</title>
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752 <citerefentry>
b79f817b 753 <refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
ad29a9f1 754 </citerefentry>,
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755 <citerefentry>
756 <refentrytitle>udevadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
2b09983f 757 </citerefentry>,
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759 <refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
760 </citerefentry>
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763</refentry>