Signed-off-by: Guillem Jover <guillem@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- man5/proc.5 | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index 5aca38a..8aa8798 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ .\" to see what information could be imported from that file .\" into this file. .\" -.TH PROC 5 2011-10-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH PROC 5 2011-12-29 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME proc \- process information pseudo-file system .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ You can even type .I /proc/[pid]/exe to run another copy of the same executable as is being run by process [pid]. +If the pathname has been unlinked, the symbolic link will contain the +string \(aq (deleted)\(aq appended to the original pathname. .\" The following was still true as at kernel 2.6.13 In a multithreaded process, the contents of this symbolic link are not available if the main thread has already terminated -- 1.7.7.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
