diff options
| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2017-03-12 10:23:58 +0100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2017-03-12 10:23:58 +0100 |
| commit | 20c1a631cd5a1b7205c5f54473ca3e39c788dfaf (patch) | |
| tree | 542d78c00e8101304391bce2b523ec6650f36bca /man5 | |
| parent | 9ad8555cd0b1371a724e467e08f726285179683f (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-20c1a631cd5a1b7205c5f54473ca3e39c788dfaf.tar.gz | |
proc.5: wfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man5')
| -rw-r--r-- | man5/proc.5 | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index bf2621f78e..745ce7b0e6 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -602,13 +602,14 @@ are not available if the main thread has already terminated (typically by calling .BR pthread_exit (3)). -Programs that will take a filename as a command-line argument, -but will not take input from standard input if no argument is supplied, -or that write to a file named as a command-line argument, -but will not send their output to standard output +Programs that take a filename as a command-line argument, +but don't take input from standard input if no argument is supplied, +and programs that write to a file named as a command-line argument, +but don't send their output to standard output if no argument is supplied, can nevertheless be made to use -standard input or standard out using -.IR /proc/[pid]/fd . +standard input or standard output by using +.IR /proc/[pid]/fd +files as command-line arguments. For example, assuming that .I \-i is the flag designating an input file and |