update-sysfs(8)

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version 2.1.1 · 3 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing

✨ update-sysfs(8) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to update-sysfs from the sysfsutils manual, section 8 (that's the "admin commands" section, iykyk). sit down, grab a boba, we're gonna talk about sysfs 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

update-sysfs — the Linux sysfs attributes update tool 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So basically this tool updates the Linux sysfs attribute values, and it can also change their file mode or owner while it's at it. usually it does this during the system boot, like it's the first one awake at the sleepover making sure everything's cute before anyone else gets up. ⭐

⚠️ ok important, no cap: this tool and its config files are all about the /sys filesystem. do NOT confuse it with the /etc/sysctl.conf configuration, which is out here dealing with the /proc/sys filesystem instead. different filesystem, different vibe, don't mix them up or it's giving chaos 😭

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • /etc/sysfs.conf — the main configuration file. it gets loaded first if it's readable. main character energy, obviously 👑
  • /etc/sysfs.d/*.conf — the optional configuration fragment files 🧚 these get loaded after the main configuration file, if they're readable, in glob order. so they're the supporting cast, arriving fashionably late but in alphabetical-ish order, periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

sysfs.conf(5) — go read that one too, bestie, it's the whole lore 🫶

and that's the whole page, you ate that fr fr 💜 this lil slice of documentation is from sysfsutils version 2.1.1-7, dated 2025-03-28 — iconic, timeless, we love her 🎀✨ bye bestie! 🦋

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