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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2011-02-09 11:00:17 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2011-02-09 11:00:17 +0100
commitbe0396695bae9227ad69fcb61066bd84b3974e16 (patch)
tree17a7c949e12c9cb7de3cc325d9bdcda57ec6ffdd /man/systemd.service.xml
parentb1c0f1c1366eaec64a804c6011df867ea75ed295 (diff)
man: clarify a few things
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@@ -223,7 +223,11 @@
daemon. Use of this option is
recommended for services where
<varname>Type=</varname> is set to
- <option>forking</option>.</para>
+ <option>forking</option>. systemd will
+ read the PID of the main process of
+ the daemon after start-up of the
+ service. systemd will not write to the
+ file configured here.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>