From 18a50d04ac1587ad8119feffcc1fa9f7b9b90c6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cinap_lenrek Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2014 06:44:48 +0100 Subject: proc(3): the args file is writable, not read only (thanks qrstuv) --- sys/man/3/proc | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sys/man/3/proc b/sys/man/3/proc index c4c241d02..2492c69a7 100644 --- a/sys/man/3/proc +++ b/sys/man/3/proc @@ -136,10 +136,13 @@ the amount of memory used by the process in units of 1024 bytes .IP \- the base and current scheduling priority, each 11 character numbers .PP -The read-only +The .B args file contains the arguments of the program when it was created by .IR exec (2). +Writing to the +.B args +file will overwrite its contents. If the program was not created by .BR exec , such as by -- cgit v1.2.3