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authorMike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-10-01 06:18:15 +0000
committerMike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-10-01 06:18:15 +0000
commit4a74eabc9121c84a2945af753497350abe36d3f3 (patch)
tree35691de7ddade4c62e505489160c31c70d3b8965 /lib
parent8debc5ea8d61c2b35477be58c25d2bc2ef9062c9 (diff)
Start new sentence on a new line.
jakob@ ok
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/libutil/pidfile.311
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libutil/pidfile.3 b/lib/libutil/pidfile.3
index 84fd391e213..24c743c80c3 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/pidfile.3
+++ b/lib/libutil/pidfile.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: pidfile.3,v 1.2 2001/09/28 20:27:56 jakob Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: pidfile.3,v 1.3 2001/10/01 06:18:14 mpech Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: pidfile.3,v 1.2 2001/04/12 22:34:31 sommerfeld Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
.Fn pidfile
writes a file containing the process ID of the program to the
.Pa /var/run
-directory. The file name has the form
+directory.
+The file name has the form
.Pa /var/run/basename.pid .
If the
.Ar basename
@@ -58,9 +59,9 @@ argument is NULL,
will determine the program name and use that instead.
.Pp
The pid file can be used as a quick reference if
-the process needs to be sent a signal. When the program exits,
-the pid file will be removed automatically, unless the program
-receives a fatal signal.
+the process needs to be sent a signal.
+When the program exits, the pid file will be removed automatically,
+unless the program receives a fatal signal.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn pidfile
returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.