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.TH LIBSYSEVENT 3LIB "Aug 23, 2007"
.SH NAME
libsysevent \- system event interface library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lsysevent\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
#include <\fBsysevent.h\fR>
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
Functions in this library extract specific identifier, publisher, and attribute
information from a system event (sysevent) handle, defined as \fBsysevent_t\fR,
and allow privileged user-level applications to queue system events for
delivery to the system event daemon, \fBsyseventd\fR(1M).
.sp
.LP
The \fBlibsysevent\fR interfaces do not work at all in non-global zones.
.SH INTERFACES
.sp
.LP
The shared object \fBlibsysevent.so.1\fR provides the public interfaces defined
below. See \fBIntro\fR(3) for additional information on shared object
interfaces.
.sp

.sp
.TS
l l
l l .
\fBsysevent_bind_handle\fR	\fBsysevent_free\fR
\fBsysevent_get_attr_list\fR	\fBsysevent_get_class_name\fR
\fBsysevent_get_pid\fR	\fBsysevent_get_pub_name\fR
\fBsysevent_get_seq\fR	\fBsysevent_get_size\fR
\fBsysevent_get_subclass_name\fR	\fBsysevent_get_time\fR
\fBsysevent_get_vendor_name\fR	\fBsysevent_post_event\fR
\fBsysevent_subscribe_event\fR	\fBsysevent_unbind_handle\fR
\fBsysevent_unsubscribe_event\fR	
.TE

.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/libsysevent.so.1\fR \fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
shared object
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/64/libsysevent.so.1\fR \fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
64-bit shared object
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	Committed
_
MT-Level	MT-Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBsyseventd\fR(1M), \fBIntro\fR(3), \fBattributes\fR(5)