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| -rw-r--r-- | src/udev.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/udev.xml b/src/udev.xml index 88e19f30d1..4de434ee51 100644 --- a/src/udev.xml +++ b/src/udev.xml @@ -382,14 +382,15 @@ <term><option>RUN</option></term> <listitem> <para>Add a program to the list of programs to be executed for a specific - device. This can only be used for very short running tasks. Running an - event process for a long period of time may block all further events for - this or a dependent device. Long running tasks need to be immediately - detached from the event process itself.</para> + device.</para> <para>If no absolute path is given, the program is expected to live in /usr/lib/udev, otherwise the absolute path must be specified. The program name and following arguments are separated by spaces. Single quotes can be used to specify arguments with spaces.</para> + <para>This can only be used for very short running tasks. Running an + event process for a long period of time may block all further events for + this or a dependent device. Starting daemons or other long running processes + is not appropriate for udev.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |