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| author | John-Mark Gurney <jmg@FreeBSD.org> | 2020-12-01 23:25:21 +0000 |
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| committer | John-Mark Gurney <jmg@FreeBSD.org> | 2020-12-01 23:25:21 +0000 |
| commit | 4102e8385f2afdcee46935c3dc038af099d856c4 (patch) | |
| tree | 60939ae0e210b3df9d7caf3c3144c512b9164708 /share | |
| parent | cd56ababd3ceddec64395aac66fa49b08f0f06af (diff) | |
| download | src-test-4102e8385f2afdcee46935c3dc038af099d856c4.tar.gz src-test-4102e8385f2afdcee46935c3dc038af099d856c4.zip | |
add documentation that the rules need to be reloaded, and how to do it...
MFC after: 1 week
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=368267
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5 | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5 b/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5 index ca62377f989d6..07e2963911d0e 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd February 21, 2010 +.Dd December 1, 2020 .Dt DEVFS.RULES 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ file: .Bd -literal -offset indent devfs_system_ruleset="localrules" .Ed +.Pp +The rules are loaded at boot via the devfs service. +To load modified rules after the system has booted, run the command: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +service devfs restart +.Ed .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -compact -width Pa .It Pa /etc/defaults/devfs.rules @@ -122,7 +128,8 @@ group, a similar rule may be used: .Xr glob 3 , .Xr devfs 5 , .Xr devfs.conf 5 , -.Xr devfs 8 +.Xr devfs 8 , +.Xr service 8 .Sh AUTHORS This manual page was written by .An Roland Smith Aq Mt rsmith@xs4all.nl . |