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D. BothUsing and Administering Linux: Volume 2https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9615-8_38

38. D-Bus and udev

David Both1  
(1)
Raleigh, NC, USA
 

Objectives

In this chapter you will learn

  • How Linux treats all devices as plug and play

  • What D-Bus and udev are

  • How D-Bus and udev work together to make device access easy

  • How to write rules for udev

/dev Chaos

The /dev directory has always been the location for the device special files in all Unix and Linux operating systems. Note that device special files are not the same as device drivers. Each device file represents one actual or potential physical device connected to the host.

In the past the device files ...

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