NAME¶

systemd-hwdb - hardware database management tool

SYNOPSIS¶

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.