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.\" Title: udev
.\" Author:
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.73.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.73.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: August 2005
.\" Manual: udev
.\" Source: udev
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ Export a variable to the environment\. Depending on the type of operator, this k
\fBRUN\fR
.RS 4
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\.
+.sp
+If the specifiefd string starts with
+\fBsocket:\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR, all current event values will be passed to the specified socket, as a message in the same format the kernel sends an uevent\. If the first character of the specified path is an @ character, an abstract namespace socket is used, instead of an existing socket file\.
.RE
.PP
\fBLABEL\fR
@@ -409,9 +412,7 @@ The count of characters to be substituted may be limited by specifying the forma
Written by Greg Kroah\-Hartman
<greg@kroah\.com>
and Kay Sievers
-<kay\.sievers@vrfy\.org>\. With much help from Dan Stekloff
-<dsteklof@us\.ibm\.com>
-and many others\.
+<kay\.sievers@vrfy\.org>\. With much help from Dan Stekloff and many others\.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBudevd\fR(8),