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064af421 | 1 | .TP |
e7bd7d78 | 2 | \fB--pidfile\fR[\fB=\fIpidfile\fR] |
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3 | Causes a file (by default, \fB\*(PN.pid\fR) to be created indicating |
4 | the PID of the running process. If \fIpidfile\fR is not specified, or | |
5 | if it does not begin with \fB/\fR, then it is created in | |
6 | \fB@RUNDIR@\fR. | |
7 | ||
8 | .TP | |
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9 | \fB--overwrite-pidfile\fR |
10 | By default, when \fB--pidfile\fR is specified and the specified pidfile | |
11 | already exists and is locked by a running process, \fB\*(PN\fR refuses | |
12 | to start. Specify \fB--overwrite-pidfile\fR to cause it to instead | |
13 | overwrite the pidfile. | |
064af421 | 14 | |
e7bd7d78 | 15 | When \fB--pidfile\fR is not specified, this option has no effect. |
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16 | |
17 | .TP | |
e7bd7d78 | 18 | \fB--detach\fR |
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19 | Causes \fB\*(PN\fR to detach itself from the foreground session and |
20 | run as a background process. | |
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21 | |
22 | .TP | |
23 | \fB--no-chdir\fR | |
e7bd7d78 | 24 | By default, when \fB--detach\fR is specified, \fB\*(PN\fR |
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25 | changes its current working directory to the root directory after it |
26 | detaches. Otherwise, invoking \fB\*(PN\fR from a carelessly chosen | |
27 | directory would prevent the administrator from unmounting the file | |
28 | system that holds that directory. | |
29 | .IP | |
30 | Specifying \fB--no-chdir\fR suppresses this behavior, preventing | |
31 | \fB\*(PN\fR from changing its current working directory. This may be | |
32 | useful for collecting core files, since it is common behavior to write | |
33 | core dumps into the current working directory and the root directory | |
34 | is not a good directory to use. | |
35 | .IP | |
e7bd7d78 | 36 | This option has no effect when \fB--detach\fR is not specified. |