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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libutil/pidfile.3 | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libutil/pidfile.3 b/lib/libutil/pidfile.3 index a188304..ac8c29d 100644 --- a/lib/libutil/pidfile.3 +++ b/lib/libutil/pidfile.3 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 22, 2005 +.Dd October 20, 2008 .Dt PIDFILE 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -51,16 +51,14 @@ The .Nm pidfile family of functions allows daemons to handle PID files. It uses -.Xr flock 2 +.Xr flopen 3 to lock a pidfile and detect already running daemons. .Pp The .Fn pidfile_open function opens (or creates) a file specified by the .Fa path -argument and locks it with the -.Xr flock 2 -system call. +argument and locks it. If a file can not be locked, a PID of an already running daemon is returned in the .Fa pidptr @@ -233,16 +231,17 @@ function may also fail and set .Va errno for any errors specified for the .Xr close 2 , -.Xr flock 2 , .Xr fstat 2 , .Xr write 2 , and .Xr unlink 2 -calls. +system calls and the +.Xr flopen 3 +library function. .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr flock 2 , .Xr open 2 , -.Xr daemon 3 +.Xr daemon 3 , +.Xr flopen 3 .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit The |
