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/usr/bin/zed

Advanced filesystem and volume manager

From zfs 2.4.4-r4 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running zed --help (exit 1). permalink

/usr/bin/zed: Invalid option '--'

Usage: /usr/bin/zed [OPTION]...

    -h       Display help
    -L       Display license information
    -V       Display version information

    -v       Be verbose
    -f       Force daemon to run
    -F       Run daemon in the foreground
    -I       Idle daemon until kernel module is (re)loaded
    -M       Lock all pages in memory
    -P       $PATH for ZED to use (only used by ZTS)
    -Z       Zero state file

    -d DIR   Read enabled ZEDLETs from DIR. [/etc/zfs/zed.d]
    -p FILE  Write daemon's PID to FILE. [/var/run/zed.pid]
    -s FILE  Write daemon's state to FILE. [/var/run/zed.state]
    -j JOBS  Start at most JOBS at once. [16]
    -b LEN   Cap kernel event buffer at LEN entries. [1048576]
Options (15)
OptionDescriptionSource
-hDisplay a summary of the command-line options.help + man
-LDisplay license information.help + man
-VDisplay version information.help + man
-vBe verbose.help + man
-fForce the daemon to run if at all possible, disabling security checks and throwing caution to the wind.help + man
-FDon't daemonize: remain attached to the controlling terminal, log to the standard I/O streams.help + man
-IRequest that the daemon idle rather than exit when the kernel modules are not loaded.help + man
-MLock all current and future pages in the virtual memory address space.help + man
-P path$PATH for ZED to use (only used by ZTS)help + man
-ZZero the daemon's state, thereby allowing zevents still within the kernel to be reprocessed.help + man
-d DIRRead the enabled ZEDLETs from the specified directory.help + man
-p FILEWrite the daemon's process ID to the specified file.help + man
-s FILEWrite the daemon's state to the specified file.help + man
-j JOBSAllow at most jobs ZEDLETs to run concurrently, delaying execution of new ones until they finish.help + man
-b LENCap kernel event buffer growth to buflen entries.help + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.