From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc.5: Document /proc/PID/exe behaviour on unlinked pathnames Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 11:25:41 +0200 Message-ID: <55473B15.1090608@gmail.com> References: <20120101064056.GA23360@gaara.hadrons.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20120101064056.GA23360-v62vTE6/wQGgM1MOaoewpti2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Guillem Jover Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hello Guillem, On 01/01/2012 07:40 AM, Guillem Jover wrote: > Signed-off-by: Guillem Jover Long ago, this patch fell of the table. I just found it again, and applied. Cheers, Michael > --- > man5/proc.5 | 4 +++- > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 > index 5aca38a..8aa8798 100644 > --- a/man5/proc.5 > +++ b/man5/proc.5 > @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ > .\" to see what information could be imported from that file > .\" into this file. > .\" > -.TH PROC 5 2011-10-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" > +.TH PROC 5 2011-12-29 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" > .SH NAME > proc \- process information pseudo-file system > .SH DESCRIPTION > @@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ You can even type > .I /proc/[pid]/exe > to run another copy of the same executable as is being run by > process [pid]. > +If the pathname has been unlinked, the symbolic link will contain the > +string \(aq (deleted)\(aq appended to the original pathname. > .\" The following was still true as at kernel 2.6.13 > In a multithreaded process, the contents of this symbolic link > are not available if the main thread has already terminated > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html