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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2018-11-05 21:14:25 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2018-11-05 21:14:25 +0100 |
| commit | 37cd58d2d4de0db3768d8454e3dcd130e37f4855 (patch) | |
| tree | 63d291a9080ee41c563dd85b5bb3626e37d7f1c7 /man5 | |
| parent | 71190dedfece4b6e025ad4043f69eef9f3bb70fe (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-37cd58d2d4de0db3768d8454e3dcd130e37f4855.tar.gz | |
proc.5: Minor reworking of description of /proc/[tid] directories
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | man5/proc.5 | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index 17b8a237d5..fac40b882a 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ to view the contents of .IR /proc/[tid] " subdirectories" Each one of these subdirectories contains files and subdirectories exposing information about the thread with the corresponding thread ID. +The contents of these directories are the same as the corresponding +.IR /proc/[pid]/task/[tid] +directories. .IP The .I /proc/[tid] @@ -2932,6 +2935,9 @@ visible when one uses .BR ls (1) to view the contents of .IR /proc ). +However, the pathnames of these directories are visible to +(i.e., usable as arguments in) +system calls that operate on pathnames. .TP .I /proc/apm Advanced power management version and battery information when |