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9<h1 class="title">notifier(7)</h1>
10<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
11notifier - cups notification interface
12<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2>
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13<b>notifier</b>
14<i>recipient</i>
15[
16<i>user-data</i>
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19The CUPS notifier interface provides a standard method for adding support for new event notification methods to CUPS.
20Each notifier delivers one or more IPP events from the standard input to the specified recipient.
21<p>Notifiers <b>MUST</b> read IPP messages from the standard input using the
22<b>ippNew</b>()
23and
24<b>ippReadFile</b>()
25functions and exit on error.
26Notifiers are encouraged to exit after a suitable period of inactivity, however they may exit after reading the first message or stay running until an error is seen.
27Notifiers inherit the environment and can use the logging mechanism documented in
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94436c5a 29<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
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30<a href="man-cupsd.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd</b>(8),</a>
31<a href="man-filter.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>filter</b>(7),</a>
32CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>)
94436c5a 33<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2>
27e0d6f8 34Copyright &copy; 2007-2014 by Apple Inc.
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