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authorWilliam Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com>2016-12-05 12:23:37 -0600
committerWilliam Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com>2016-12-05 12:25:52 -0600
commit3552f0ae548d68effd4411ad4080e7b13fe627c5 (patch)
tree394b61ea70b21c49d099c2e296eeee5c5e212408 /man
parent42cb84882918a0c9dd93a89d92b0b4818dfb44b8 (diff)
man/start-stop-daemon.8: clarify documentation about --pidfile option
The documentation implied that if you stop a daemon we handle multiple pids in a pid file. This is not correct. We only handle the first pid. X-Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=601540
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diff --git a/man/start-stop-daemon.8 b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
index 112cd5fb..1506a1a5 100644
--- a/man/start-stop-daemon.8
+++ b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ is used.
.It Fl p , -pidfile Ar pidfile
When starting, we expect the daemon to create a valid
.Ar pidfile
-within a reasonable amount of time. When stopping we only stop the pid(s)
+within a reasonable amount of time. When stopping we only stop the first pid
listed in the
.Ar pidfile .
.It Fl n , -name Ar name