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| 1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 2002 M. Warner Losh. 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 18.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" | 1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 2002 M. Warner Losh. 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 18.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" |
| 26.\" $FreeBSD: head/sbin/devd/devd.8 139987 2005-01-10 16:17:34Z ru $ | 26.\" $FreeBSD: head/sbin/devd/devd.8 152770 2005-11-24 14:39:41Z jkoshy $ |
| 27.\" 28.Dd October 17, 2002 29.Dt DEVD 8 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm devd 33.Nd "device state change daemon" 34.Sh SYNOPSIS 35.Nm | 27.\" 28.Dd October 17, 2002 29.Dt DEVD 8 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm devd 33.Nd "device state change daemon" 34.Sh SYNOPSIS 35.Nm |
| 36.Op Fl Ddn | 36.Op Fl Dd 37.Op Fl f Ar file 38.Op Fl n |
| 37.Sh DESCRIPTION 38The 39.Nm 40daemon provides a way to have userland programs run when certain 41kernel events happen. 42.Pp 43The following options are accepted. | 39.Sh DESCRIPTION 40The 41.Nm 42daemon provides a way to have userland programs run when certain 43kernel events happen. 44.Pp 45The following options are accepted. |
| 44.Bl -tag -width indent | 46.Bl -tag -width indent-two |
| 45.It Fl D 46Enable debugging messages. 47.It Fl d 48Run in the foreground instead of becoming a daemon. | 47.It Fl D 48Enable debugging messages. 49.It Fl d 50Run in the foreground instead of becoming a daemon. |
| 51.It Fl f Ar file 52Use configuration file 53.Ar file 54instead of the default 55.Pa /etc/devd.conf . 56If option 57.Fl f 58is specified more than once, the last file specified is used. |
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| 49.It Fl n 50Do not process all pending events before becoming a daemon. 51Instead, call daemon right away. 52.El 53.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES 54The 55.Nm 56utility --- 33 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 90However, for more advanced users, the power is present to tweak every 91aspect of what happens. 92.Pp 93The 94.Nm 95utility 96reads 97.Pa /etc/devd.conf | 59.It Fl n 60Do not process all pending events before becoming a daemon. 61Instead, call daemon right away. 62.El 63.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES 64The 65.Nm 66utility --- 33 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 100However, for more advanced users, the power is present to tweak every 101aspect of what happens. 102.Pp 103The 104.Nm 105utility 106reads 107.Pa /etc/devd.conf |
| 98and uses that file to drive the rest of the process. | 108or the alternate configuration file specified with a 109.Fl f 110option and uses that file to drive the rest of the process. |
| 99While the format of this file is described in 100.Xr devd.conf 5 , 101some basics are covered here. 102In the 103.Ic options 104section, one can define multiple directories to search 105for config files. 106All files in these directories whose names match the pattern --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 113config files. 114.Pp 115All messages that 116.Nm 117receives are forwarded to the 118.Ux 119domain socket at 120.Pa /var/run/devd.pipe . | 111While the format of this file is described in 112.Xr devd.conf 5 , 113some basics are covered here. 114In the 115.Ic options 116section, one can define multiple directories to search 117for config files. 118All files in these directories whose names match the pattern --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 125config files. 126.Pp 127All messages that 128.Nm 129receives are forwarded to the 130.Ux 131domain socket at 132.Pa /var/run/devd.pipe . |
| 133.Sh FILES 134.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/run/devd.pipe" -compact 135.It Pa /etc/devd.conf 136The default 137.Nm 138configuration file. 139.It Pa /var/run/devd.pipe 140The socket used by 141.Nm 142to communicate with its clients. 143.El |
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| 121.Sh SEE ALSO 122.Xr devctl 4 , 123.Xr devd.conf 5 124.Sh AUTHORS 125.An M. Warner Losh | 144.Sh SEE ALSO 145.Xr devctl 4 , 146.Xr devd.conf 5 147.Sh AUTHORS 148.An M. Warner Losh |