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29Configuration files for syseventd(8).
30
31These files are not intended to be edited and any changes made
32will not be preserved across upgrades.
33
34The format for file names in this directory is:
35
36	<vendor>,[<publisher>,][<class>,[<subclass>,]]sysevent.conf
37
38Files with a suffix other than ',sysevent.conf' are ignored.
39
40After making a change to a file in this directory, restart the
41syseventd daemon by issuing:
42
43	pkill -HUP syseventd
44
45
46The format for each line in a sysevent.conf file is:
47
48	<class> <subclass> <vendor> <publisher> <user> <reserved1>
49		<reserved2> <path> <arguments>
50
51<class>, <subclass>, <vendor> or <publisher> may be "-" to
52match any class, subclass, vendor or publisher, respectively.
53
54<user> may be "-" for commands to be invoked as root, or a
55valid user name.
56
57<reserved1> and <reserved2> must be "-".
58
59<path> must be the path of the command to be invoked in response
60to the event, and must be executable by <user>.
61
62<arguments> are optional, and may be any arbitrary arguments
63for the command to be invoked.  Macros may be used to substitute
64actual parameters from the matching event on the command line.
65