Section 8 · System administration

systemd-hwdb.8

Package: systemd-udev

SYSTEMD−HWDB

systemd-hwdb − hardware database management tool


	systemd−hwdb [options] update
	systemd−hwdb [options] query modalias

systemd−hwdb expects a command and command specific arguments. It manages the binary hardware database.

−−usr

Generate in /usr/lib/udev instead of /etc/udev.

Added in version 219.

−r, **−−root=**PATH

Alternate root path in the filesystem.

Added in version 219.

−s, −−strict

When updating, return non−zero exit value on any parsing error.

Added in version 239.

−h, −−help

Print a short help text and exit.

Update the binary database.

Query database and print result.