How can i find the trigger of an acpi event ?

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Published on 2010-01-12T17:59:22Z Indexed on 2010/04/04 9:03 UTC
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My Server shutsdown . Evertime at midnight.

The acpi Event power_button is triggered. at /etc/acpi/events/power_button
power_button:

# care about the power button
event=button/power.*
action=/usr/lib/acpid/power_button

How can i find out the "Caller" or the Trigger of this event ?

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