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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2020-06-09 12:36:38 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2020-06-09 12:39:17 +0200
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proc.5: Add a detail to /proc/[pid]/comm
Note the connection to the "%e" specifier in /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index d6a3035a88..32e9e0be81 100644
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@@ -565,6 +565,12 @@ and
operations, and is employed by
.BR pthread_setname_np (3)
when used to rename threads other than the caller.
+The value in this file is used for the
+.I %e
+specifier in
+.IR /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern ;
+see
+.BR proc (5).
.TP
.IR /proc/[pid]/coredump_filter " (since Linux 2.6.23)"
See