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authorPawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>2005-08-24 19:38:28 +0000
committerPawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>2005-08-24 19:38:28 +0000
commit712bf6af1640d84212b3b34f65e7ebcab0cd206d (patch)
tree6ec533e7943ef38b34c0e8818d3ba4805bfad7fb /usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1
parent0ea90af02ed1f3d76a26ab4b8866a3530be9e353 (diff)
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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1 b/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1
index 143bbc47b3d8..badeb5906f6d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1
+++ b/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ The following options are available:
Restrict matches to a process whose PID is stored in the
.Ar pidfile
file.
+The
+.Ar pidfile
+file must be locked with the
+.Xr flock 2
+syscall or created with
+.Xr pidfile 3 .
.It Fl G Ar gid
Restrict matches to processes with a real group ID in the comma-separated
list
@@ -233,8 +239,10 @@ An internal error occurred.
.Xr kill 1 ,
.Xr killall 1 ,
.Xr ps 1 ,
+.Xr flock 2 ,
.Xr kill 2 ,
.Xr sigaction 2 ,
+.Xr pidfile 3 ,
.Xr re_format 7
.\" Xr signal 7
.Sh HISTORY