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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libutil/pidfile.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libutil/pidfile.3 | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libutil/pidfile.3 b/lib/libutil/pidfile.3 index 24c743c80c3..3012448615b 100644 --- a/lib/libutil/pidfile.3 +++ b/lib/libutil/pidfile.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: pidfile.3,v 1.3 2001/10/01 06:18:14 mpech Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: pidfile.3,v 1.4 2001/12/01 23:47:37 miod Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: pidfile.3,v 1.2 2001/04/12 22:34:31 sommerfeld Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. @@ -78,3 +78,12 @@ If is called multiple times with different .Ar basename , only the last pidfile will be removed upon exit. +.Pp +.Fn pidfile +uses +.Fn atexit +to ensure the pidfile is unlinked at program exit. +However, programs that use the +.Fn _exit +function (for example, in signal handlers) +will not trigger this behaviour. |