device. This can only be used for very short running tasks. Running an
event process for a long period of time may block all further events for
this or a dependent device. Long running tasks need to be immediately
- detached from the event process itself.</para>
+ detached from the event process itself. If the option
+ <option>RUN{<replaceable>record_failed</replaceable>}</option> is specified,
+ and the executed program returns non-zero, the event will be marked as failed
+ for a possible later handling.</para>
<para>If the specified string starts with
<option>socket:<replaceable>path</replaceable></option>, all current event
values will be passed to the specified socket, as a message in the same