udev rules -- file names -- just wondering??

[William Case]

Thanks Todd;

On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 13:56 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: 
> William Case wrote:
> > By the way, I am still curious about the significance of the two
> > digit prefix on udev/rules/ files.  Man udev and udevd are silent on
> > this.
> 
> I wouldn't say udev(1) is silent on the matter.  It just doesn't use
> the word(s) you might be searching for to describe the behavior. ;)
> 
>    Rules files
>        The udev rules are read from the files located in the default
>        rules directory /lib/udev/rules.d/, the custom rules directory
>        /etc/udev/rules.d/ and the temporary rules directory
>        /dev/.udev/rules.d/. All rule files are sorted and processed in
>        lexical order, regardless in which of these directories they
>        live.
> 
> The operative phrase being '...sorted and processed in lexical order.'

One must remain always vigilant when reading a 'man' page !

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Regards Bill
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