SAF Files

This section briefly covers the files used by the SAF.

Port Monitor Administrative File

A port monitor's current directory contains an administrative file named _pmtab. _pmtab is maintained by the pmadm command in conjunction with a port monitor-specific administrative command.

The port monitor administrative command for a listen port monitor is nlsadmin(); the port monitor administrative command for ttymon is ttyadm(). Any port monitor written by a user must be provided with an administrative command specific to that port monitor to perform similar functions.

Per-Service Configuration Files

A port monitor's current directory also contains the per-service configuration scripts, if they exist. The names of the per-service configuration scripts correspond to the service tags in the _pmtab file.

Private Port Monitor Files

A port monitor can create private files in the directory /var/saf/tag, where tag is the name of the port monitor. Examples of private files are log files or temporary files.