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dmeventd \- Device-mapper event daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dmeventd
-[\-V]
[\-d]
[\-f]
[\-h]
+[\-V]
[\-?]
.SH DESCRIPTION
dmeventd is the event monitoring daemon for device-mapper devices.
-Plugins are supported.
-
-.br
-LVM plugins:
+Library plugins can register and carry out actions triggered when
+particular events occur.
+.SH
+LVM PLUGINS
.TP
-Snapshot: monitor the filling of snapshot and emits a warning through
-syslog, when the use of snapshot exceedes 80%.
-The warning is repeated when 85%, 90% and 95% of the snapshot are filled.
-(see \fBlvm.conf\fP)
+.I Mirror
+Attempts to handle device failure automatically. See \fBlvm.conf\fP).
.TP
-Mirror: attempts to recover from failures (see \fBlvm.conf\fP).
+.I Snapshot
+Monitors how full a snapshot is becoming and emits a warning to
+syslog when it exceeds 80% full.
+The warning is repeated when 85%, 90% and 95% of the snapshot is filled.
+See \fBlvm.conf\fP.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.I \-V
-Show version of dmeventd.
-.TP
.I \-d
Repeat from 1 to 3 times (-d, -dd, -ddd) to increase the detail of
debug messages sent to syslog.
@@ -36,6 +35,9 @@ Don't fork, run in the foreground.
.TP
.I \-h, \-?
Show help information.
+.TP
+.I \-V
+Show version of dmeventd.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8),