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Diffstat (limited to 'mdadm.8')
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@@ -594,9 +594,14 @@ is given, then any other md devices that appear in will also be monitored. The result of monitoring the arrays is the generation of events. -These events are passed to a separate program (is specified) and may +These events are passed to a separate program (if specified) and may be mailed to a given E-mail address. +When passing event to program, the program is run once for each event +and is given 2 or 3 command-line arguements. The first is the +name of the event (see below). The second is the name of the +md device which is affected, and the third is the name of a related +device if relevant, such as a component device that has failed. If .B --scan |