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NAME

6       halevt - Generic handler for HAL events
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SYNOPSIS

9       halevt [options]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Halevt  is a daemon that executes arbitrary commands when a device with
13       certain properties is added to the system and  when  device  properties
14       change, using HAL.  Unless a configuration file is given on the command
15       line with the -c  option,  configuration  files  are  searched  for  in
16       $HOME/.halevt,  /etc/halevt, and /usr/share/halevt (in that order). All
17       the files ending with .xml found in these directories are considered to
18       be  configuration  files. If a file with the same name has already been
19       found in a previous directory, it is ignored. Default for halevt is  to
20       run as a daemon in the background.
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22       Halevt  may  also  be  run  in another mode, called the reporting mode,
23       turned on by the -i option. In that case no config file is read, Halevt
24       stays in the foreground and report all the HAL events.
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OPTIONS

27       -c file
28              Use configuration file file.
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30       -d     Give debugging informations and stay in the foreground.
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32       -f     Stay in the foreground.
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34       -g group
35              Run  as  group group, if started by the root user. Default is to
36              run as halevt.
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38       -h     Help message and options summary.
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40       -i     Run in reporting mode. No configuration file is read, and halevt
41              stays in the foreground, reporting all the HAL events.
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43       -p pidfile
44              Use  pid  file  pidfile  to store the daemon pid, instead of the
45              default.  Default is /var/run/halevt/halevt.pid if run  as  root
46              user, and no pid file if run as a user. - means no pidfile.
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48       -u user
49              Run as user user, if started by the root user. Default is to run
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SEE ALSO

53       lshal(1), hald(8)
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VERSION

56       This is Halevt version 0.1.6.2.
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AUTHOR

59       Main author is Patrice Dumas pertusus at free dot fr.
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AVAILABILITY

62       The latest version of this program can be found at:
63             http://www.nongnu.org/halevt/
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66       Copyright © 2007-2008  Patrice Dumas <pertusus at free dot fr>,
67              2005 Novell, Inc.
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69       There is NO warranty.  You may redistribute  this  software  under  the
70       terms  of  the  GNU  General  Public  License;  either version 2 of the
71       License, or (at your option) any later version.  For  more  information
72       about these matters, see the file named COPYING.
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