sd-device(3)

API for enumerating and introspecting local devices

Section 3 libsystemd-dev bookworm source

Description

SD-DEVICE

NAME

sd-device - API for enumerating and introspecting local devices

SYNOPSIS

#include <systemd/sd-device.h>

pkg-config --cflags --libs libsystemd

DESCRIPTION

sd-device.h provides an API to introspect and enumerate devices on the local system. It provides a programmatic interface to the database of devices and their properties mananaged by systemd-udevd.service(8). This API is a replacement for libudev(3) and libudev.h.

See

sd_device_get_syspath(3),
sd_device_ref(3)

for more information about the functions available.

NOTES

These APIs are implemented as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the libsystemd pkg-config(1) file.