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-rw-r--r--lib/libutil/pidfile.35
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libutil/pidfile.3 b/lib/libutil/pidfile.3
index d10ab81..8b604cb 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/pidfile.3
+++ b/lib/libutil/pidfile.3
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd October 16, 2011
+.Dd February 8, 2012
.Dt PIDFILE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ function sets the O_CLOEXEC close-on-exec flag when opening the pidfile.
The
.Fn pidfile_write
function writes process' PID into a previously opened file.
+The file is truncated before write, so calling the
+.Fn pidfile_write
+function multiple times is supported.
.Pp
The
.Fn pidfile_close
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