ACTION
You can use this environment variable to know if modules are loaded or unloaded. add means that modules are loaded, and remove means that modules are unloaded.
update_usbdb8
Command to update the data usbmgr uses
Usage
update_usbdb [-dfhs]
file
Overview
The command update_usbdb creates the configuration data (a directory hierarchy under /etc/usbmgr/{vendor,class}) from the given configuration file (usually /etc/usbmgr/usbmgr.conf).
The directory hierarchy is as follows:
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Module(s) to be loaded while plugging an USB device of the matching vendor. |
|---|---|
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Module(s) to be loaded while plugging an USB device of the matching class. |
|
Script to be executed while (un)plugging an USB device of the matching vendor. |
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Script to be executed while (un)plugging an USB device of the matching class. |
Options
-
-d -
Debug mode.
-
-f -
Force update even if it seems to not be needed.
-
-h -
Prints help to the syslog, then exit.
-
-s -
Don't open syslog at startup.
Files
/etc/usbmgr/usbmgr.conf
/etc/usbmgr/preload.conf
/etc/usbmgr/class
/etc/usbmgr/vendor
Environment
In the scripts, the following environment variables are set:
-
DEVICE -
Points to the (un)loaded module's
/procfile.
Examples
To run this program the standard way type:
update_usbdb /etc/usbmgr/usbmgr.conf
The directory hierarchies /etc/usbmgr/class and /etc/usbmgr/vendor will be created.
A sample load/unload script:
#!/bin/sh
case $ACTION in
add)
echo start > /tmp/log
chmod 666 $DEVICE
;;
remove)
echo stop > /tmp/log
chmod 644 $DEVICE
;;
esac
Releases
3 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 2 times.
-d since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-f since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-h since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-s since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).