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authorBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2010-06-29 12:32:16 -0700
committerBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2010-06-29 12:32:16 -0700
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daemon: Clarify documentation.
CC: Yu Zhiguo <yuzg@cn.fujitsu.com>
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.TP
-\fB--pidfile\fR[\fB=\fIpidfile\fR]
+\fB\-\-pidfile\fR[\fB=\fIpidfile\fR]
Causes a file (by default, \fB\*(PN.pid\fR) to be created indicating
-the PID of the running process. If \fIpidfile\fR is not specified, or
+the PID of the running process. If the \fIpidfile\fR argument is not
+specified, or
if it does not begin with \fB/\fR, then it is created in
\fB@RUNDIR@\fR.
+.IP
+If \fB--pidfile\fR is not specified, no pidfile is created.
.
.TP
\fB--overwrite-pidfile\fR