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| -rw-r--r-- | man/start-stop-daemon.8 | 15 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/man/start-stop-daemon.8 b/man/start-stop-daemon.8 index b2b1048e..3a250a6b 100644 --- a/man/start-stop-daemon.8 +++ b/man/start-stop-daemon.8 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd August 20, 2008 +.Dd September 22, 2008 .Dt START-STOP-DAEMON 8 SMM .Os OpenRC .Sh NAME @@ -74,16 +74,6 @@ The we start or stop. If this option is not specified, then the first non option argument is used. -If the -.Ar daemon -is a script and you are not using the pidfile or process name options, -then you should replace -.Ar daemon -with the interpreter and pass -.Ar daemon -as an argument. Below is an example: -.Pp -start-stop-daemon perl -- /usr/bin/daemon.pl .It Fl p , -pidfile Ar pidfile When starting, we expect the daemon to create a valid .Ar pidfile @@ -176,6 +166,9 @@ to stop or signal. .Xr getopt 3 , .Xr nice 2 , .Xr rc_find_pids 3 +.Sh BUGS +.Nm +cannot stop an interperted daemon that no longer exists without a pidfile. .Sh HISTORY .Nm first appeared in Debian. |