HP-UX Event ManagerProgrammer's Guide

About This Document
This document describes how to use application programming interface (APIs) the Event Manager
(EVM) supports. It also discusses the EVM events. The latest version of this document is available
at:
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Intended Audience
This document is intended for programmers who use the Event Manager APIs.
HP-UX Release Name and Release Identifier
Each HP-UX 11i release has an associated release name and release identifier. The uname
command with the -r option returns the release identifier. The following table shows the available
HP-UX releases.
Table 1 HP-UX 11i Release
Supported Processor ArchitectureRelease NameRelease Identifier
PA-RISCHP-UX 11i v1B.11.11
Intel® Itanium®
HP-UX 11i v1.5B.11.20
Intel ItaniumHP-UX 11i v1.6B.11.22
Intel Itanium, PA-RISCHP-UX 11i v2B.11.23
Intel Itanium, PA-RISCHP-UX 11i v3B.11.31
Document Organization
The HP-UX Event Manager Programmer’s Guide is organized as follows:
Chapter 1 Introduction Provides an overview of how EVM events are handled
Chapter 2 Event Manager Events Describes how to design events and templates
Chapter 3 The EVM Programming Interface Describes the EVM APIs
Chapter 4 Sample EVM Programming Operations
Provides sample EVM programming operations
Typographic Conventions
This document uses the following typographic conventions:
audit(5) An HP-UX manpage. audit is the name and 5 is the section in the HP-UX
Reference. On the Web and on the Instant Information CD, it may be a link to
the manpage itself. From the HP-UX command line, you can enter “man
audit” or “man 5 audit” to view the manpage. See man(1).
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