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Diffstat (limited to 'man5')
| -rw-r--r-- | man5/core.5 | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man5/core.5 b/man5/core.5 index a7b392f725..205dd90b46 100644 --- a/man5/core.5 +++ b/man5/core.5 @@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ Since kernel 2.6.19, Linux supports an alternate syntax for the .I /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern file. If the first character of this file is a pipe symbol (\fB|\fP), -then the remainder of the line is interpreted as a user-space program to be -executed. +then the remainder of the line is interpreted as the command-line for +a a user-space program (or script) that is to be executed. Instead of being written to a disk file, the core dump is given as standard input to the program. Note the following points: |