Index: initfunctions.sgml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/lsb/spec/wip/sysinit/initfunctions.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.3 initfunctions.sgml
--- initfunctions.sgml 17 Jun 2003 17:57:56 -0000 1.3
+++ initfunctions.sgml 8 Jul 2003 18:21:14 -0000
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
This runs the specified program as a daemon.
-start_daemon will check to see if there is a program
-named "daemon" already running. If so, it will not
+start_daemon will check to see if the program is already running
+using the algorithm given by pidofproc. If so, it will not
start another copy of the daemon unless the -f
option is given. The -n option specifies a nice
level. See nice(1).
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@
potential security exposure). Hence, LSB-complaint
applications who wish to use the pidofproc function
in their init scripts must store the pid in
-/var/run/basename.pid.
+/var/run/basename.pid; multiple pids should be separated by a single space.
pidofproc should return the LSB defined exist status
codes for "status". It shall return 0 if the program is
-the process is running and not 0 otherwise.
+running and not 0 otherwise.
log_success_msg "message"