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| author | wiz <wiz@NetBSD.org> | 2002-10-01 13:40:23 +0000 |
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| committer | wiz <wiz@NetBSD.org> | 2002-10-01 13:40:23 +0000 |
| commit | 2fb4b1db523be5192a022df0dfc49f14648cc750 (patch) | |
| tree | 1ad118f3c13432de42a8ef0787ddf1cc9095244e /sbin/mount_procfs | |
| parent | 604e45f4cd13f2bdedc7ce5e99d47cf4c10f4fb6 (diff) | |
New sentence, new line. By Robert Elz with minimal fixes.
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/mount_procfs')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/mount_procfs/mount_procfs.8 | 32 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/mount_procfs/mount_procfs.8 b/sbin/mount_procfs/mount_procfs.8 index 7ecadf9d788..e1d6b7b7200 100644 --- a/sbin/mount_procfs/mount_procfs.8 +++ b/sbin/mount_procfs/mount_procfs.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: mount_procfs.8,v 1.22 2002/05/31 16:48:28 atatat Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: mount_procfs.8,v 1.23 2002/10/01 13:40:44 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -68,13 +68,14 @@ Options are specified with a flag followed by a comma separated string of options. See the .Xr mount 8 -man page for possible generic options and their meanings. Currently, one -procfs-specific option is defined, the +man page for possible generic options and their meanings. +Currently, one procfs-specific option is defined, the .Cm linux -option. This option enables a few extra features that are compatible -with the proc filesystem as implemented in Linux. This option can -be used if you run Linux binaries that need Linux-specific features -in the proc filesystem (see also +option. +This option enables a few extra features that are compatible +with the proc filesystem as implemented in Linux. +This option can be used if you run Linux binaries that need +Linux-specific features in the proc filesystem (see also .Xr compat_linux 8 ) . .El .Pp @@ -86,7 +87,8 @@ In addition, the special entries .Pa curproc and .Pa self -reference the current process. The +reference the current process. +The .Pa self symlink appears for compatibility with the Linux procfs implementation. .Pp @@ -94,12 +96,11 @@ Each directory contains several files. .Bl -tag -width status .It Pa cmdline This file is readonly and returns null-terminated strings -corresponding to the process' command line arguments. For -a system or zombie process, this file contains only a string +corresponding to the process' command line arguments. +For a system or zombie process, this file contains only a string with the name of the process. .It Pa ctl -a writeonly file which supports a variety -of control operations. +a writeonly file which supports a variety of control operations. Control commands are written as strings to the .Pa ctl file. @@ -138,9 +139,10 @@ or to start another copy of the process. A map of the process' virtual memory. .It Pa maps A map of the process' virtual memory in a form like the -proc filesystem as implemented in Linux. Note that the paths -corresponding to file backed mappings will not be present unless -the kernel was built with the NAMECACHE_ENTER_REVERSE option. +proc filesystem as implemented in Linux. +Note that the paths corresponding to file backed mappings will +not be present unless the kernel was built with the +NAMECACHE_ENTER_REVERSE option. .It Pa mem The complete virtual memory image of the process. Only those addresses which exist in the process can be accessed. |
