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29*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateConfiguration files for syseventd(1M).
30*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate
31*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateThese files are not intended to be edited and any changes made
32*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatewill not be preserved across upgrades.
33*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate
34*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateThe format for file names in this directory is:
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36*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate	<vendor>,[<publisher>,][<class>,[<subclass>,]]sysevent.conf
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38*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateFiles with a suffix other than ',sysevent.conf' are ignored.
39*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate
40*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateAfter making a change to a file in this directory, restart the
41*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatesyseventd daemon by issuing:
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43*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate	pkill -HUP syseventd
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45*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate
46*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateThe format for each line in a sysevent.conf file is:
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48*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate	<class> <subclass> <vendor> <publisher> <user> <reserved1>
49*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate		<reserved2> <path> <arguments>
50*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate
51*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate<class>, <subclass>, <vendor> or <publisher> may be "-" to
52*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatematch any class, subclass, vendor or publisher, respectively.
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54*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate<user> may be "-" for commands to be invoked as root, or a
55*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatevalid user name.
56*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate
57*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate<reserved1> and <reserved2> must be "-".
58*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate
59*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate<path> must be the path of the command to be invoked in response
60*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateto the event, and must be executable by <user>.
61*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate
62*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate<arguments> are optional, and may be any arbitrary arguments
63*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatefor the command to be invoked.  Macros may be used to substitute
64*7c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateactual parameters from the matching event on the command line.
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