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.\" Copyright (c) 2002 M. Warner Losh
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.\" The section on comments was taken from named.conf.5, which has the
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.\" following copyright:
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.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2000 by Internet Software Consortium
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.\"
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.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
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.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
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.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
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.\"
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.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND INTERNET SOFTWARE CONSORTIUM DISCLAIMS
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.\" ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL INTERNET SOFTWARE
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.\" CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR
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.\" PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS
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.\" ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS
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.\" SOFTWARE.
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.\"
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.Dd October 17, 2002
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.Dt DEVD.CONF 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm devd.conf
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.Nd configuration file for
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.Xr devd 8
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Ss General Syntax
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A
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.Xr devd 8
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configuration consists of two general features, statements
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and comments.
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All statements end with a semicolon.
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Many statements can contain substatements, which are also
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terminated with a semicolon.
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.Pp
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The following statements are supported:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Ic options"
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.It Ic options
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specifies various options and parameters for the operation of
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.Xr devd 8 .
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.It Ic attach
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specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when
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a newly attached device matches said criteria.
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.It Ic detach
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specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when
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a newly detached device matches said criteria.
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.It Ic nomatch
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specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when
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no device driver currently loaded in the kernel claims a (new)
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device.
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.El
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.Pp
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Statements may occur in any order in the configuration file, and may be
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repeated as often as required.
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Further details on the syntax and meaning of each statement and their
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substatements are explained below.
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.Pp
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Comments may appear anywhere that whitespace may appear in a
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configuration file.
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To appeal to programmers of all kinds, they can
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be written in C, C++, or shell/Perl constructs.
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.Pp
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C-style comments start with the two characters
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.Ql /*
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(slash, star) and end with
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.Ql */
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(star, slash).
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Because they are completely delimited with these characters,
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they can be used to comment only a portion of a line or to span
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multiple lines.
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.Pp
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C-style comments cannot be nested.
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For example, the following is
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not valid because the entire comment ends with the first
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.Ql */ :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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/* This is the start of a comment.
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This is still part of the comment.
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/* This is an incorrect attempt at nesting a comment. */
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This is no longer in any comment. */
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.Ed
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.Pp
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C++-style comments start with the two characters
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.Ql //
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(slash, slash) and continue to the end of the physical line.
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They cannot be continued across multiple physical lines; to have
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one logical comment span multiple lines, each line must use the
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.Ql //
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pair.
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For example:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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// This is the start of a comment. The next line
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// is a new comment, even though it is logically
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// part of the previous comment.
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.Ed
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/devd.conf" -compact
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.It Pa /etc/devd.conf
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The
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.Xr devd 8
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configuration file.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr devd 8
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