From 86f2fa597c6eb8eb1c9a42685200c0ac90b85e97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Pfaff Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:32:16 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] daemon: Clarify documentation. CC: Yu Zhiguo --- lib/daemon.man | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/daemon.man b/lib/daemon.man index 046f9ead..3dcb38df 100644 --- a/lib/daemon.man +++ b/lib/daemon.man @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ .TP -\fB--pidfile\fR[\fB=\fIpidfile\fR] +\fB\-\-pidfile\fR[\fB=\fIpidfile\fR] Causes a file (by default, \fB\*(PN.pid\fR) to be created indicating -the PID of the running process. If \fIpidfile\fR is not specified, or +the PID of the running process. If the \fIpidfile\fR argument is not +specified, or if it does not begin with \fB/\fR, then it is created in \fB@RUNDIR@\fR. +.IP +If \fB--pidfile\fR is not specified, no pidfile is created. . .TP \fB--overwrite-pidfile\fR -- 2.30.2