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Action Attributes

Each action has attributes as described in the following table.

Attribute

Description

Name

A unique name for the action. It is selected when creating dispatch entries in filter records.

Information

Description of what the action does.

Command

The name of the command procedure or image residing in the default actions directory. The directory specification must not be specified when entering this item.

Action Type

One of:

One instance of the action for each event and each userdata item.

One instance of the action for all events and all userdata items.

One instance of the action for all events and each userdata item.

Parameters to Pass to Action

In the case of actions treated as scripts and command procedures (that is, parameters are passed on the command line) each item of the event which is required by the action must be selected.