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19 .Nd Linux-compatible user event notification facility
24 is a Linux-borne facility for sending and receiving user
25 events via a file descriptor.
26 While the facility itself is somewhat dubious (it can be mimicked in an entirely
27 portable way with a pipe), it is small and straightforward and this
28 implementation is entirely compatible with its Linux antecedent; see