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| author | Karel Zak | 2014-09-05 10:02:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2014-09-05 10:02:45 +0200 |
| commit | 3c2e64b0ca73b90b80365842e95abb2858217e60 (patch) | |
| tree | 0ff3ca8a1287ceaa29ab3627abcd50633ec22312 /misc-utils/lsblk.8 | |
| parent | build-sys: create parent directory for $(PATHFILES) (diff) | |
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lsblk: add notes about udev to the man page
Reported-by: Francis Moreau <francis.moro@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'misc-utils/lsblk.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/lsblk.8 | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/lsblk.8 b/misc-utils/lsblk.8 index 664db0e91..d11a79009 100644 --- a/misc-utils/lsblk.8 +++ b/misc-utils/lsblk.8 @@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ lsblk \- list block devices lists information about all available or the specified block devices. The .B lsblk command reads the -.I sysfs -filesystem to gather information. +.B sysfs +filesystem and +.B udev db +to gather information. .PP The command prints all block devices (except RAM disks) in a tree-like format by default. Use @@ -28,6 +30,15 @@ outputs in your scripts. Always explicitly define expected columns by using .B \-\-output .I columns-list in environments where a stable output is required. +.PP +Note that +.B lsblk +might be executed in time when +.B udev +does not have all information about recently added or modified devices yet. In this +case it is recommended to use +.B "udevadm settle" +before lsblk to synchronize with udev. .SH OPTIONS .TP .BR \-a , " \-\-all" |