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Writing UBS Modules

One of the design features of the UBS is that new program modules can easily be added to the system. There are fundamentally two types of modules that can be built for the UBS; standalone daemons and events. The former refers to code that helps the UBS run, and remains running as long as the UBS is active. Events, on the other hand, need not continue running. Rather, they are launched by the UBS (generally by the ubs-event module) to perform a specific task, and exit when that task is completed. Although the program structure of a daemon and a module are very similar as far as the UBS is concerned, this document shall provide an example of each.

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