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| -rw-r--r-- | debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c index 8d73bdc80..6d7e61b42 100644 --- a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c +++ b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c @@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ One (only) of these must be given: Search for matching processes. If --stop is given, stop all matching processes (by sending a signal). -If --start if given, start a new process unless a matching process was found. +If --start is given, start a new process unless a matching process was found. -Options controlling process matching: +Options controlling process matching +(if multiple conditions are specified, all must match): -u,--user USERNAME|UID Only consider this user's processes -n,--name PROCESS_NAME Look for processes by matching PROCESS_NAME with comm field in /proc/$PID/stat. @@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ with /proc/$PID/exe or argv[0] (comm can't be matched, it never contains path)] Unlike -n, we match against the full path: "ntpd" != "./ntpd" != "/path/to/ntpd" -p,--pidfile PID_FILE Look for processes with PID from this file -If multiple conditions are specified, all must match. Options which are valid for --start only: -x,--exec EXECUTABLE Program to run (1st arg of execvp). Mandatory. |