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6.\" Copyright 2007-2014 by Apple Inc.
7.\" Copyright 1997-2007 by Easy Software Products.
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27e0d6f8 15.TH notifier 7 "CUPS" "12 June 2014" "Apple Inc."
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16.SH NAME
17notifier \- cups notification interface
18.SH SYNOPSIS
19.B notifier
20.I recipient
21[
22.I user-data
23]
24.SH DESCRIPTION
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25The CUPS notifier interface provides a standard method for adding support for new event notification methods to CUPS.
26Each notifier delivers one or more IPP events from the standard input to the specified recipient.
6c663ae2 27.LP
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28Notifiers \fBMUST\fR read IPP messages from the standard input using the
29.BR ippNew ()
30and
31.BR ippReadFile ()
32functions and exit on error.
33Notifiers 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.
34Notifiers inherit the environment and can use the logging mechanism documented in
35.BR filter (7).
6c663ae2 36.SH SEE ALSO
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37.BR cupsd (8),
38.BR filter (7),
39CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
6c663ae2 40.SH COPYRIGHT
27e0d6f8 41Copyright \[co] 2007-2014 by Apple Inc.
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