From 5610c8560c40bd31b27f342b81227d8a1b4b1594 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:34:51 +0000
Subject: s-s-d now handles interpreted daemons more easily.

---
 man/start-stop-daemon.8 | 15 ++++-----------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

(limited to 'man')

diff --git a/man/start-stop-daemon.8 b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
index b2b1048..3a250a6 100644
--- a/man/start-stop-daemon.8
+++ b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd August 20, 2008
+.Dd September 22, 2008
 .Dt START-STOP-DAEMON 8 SMM
 .Os OpenRC
 .Sh NAME
@@ -74,16 +74,6 @@ The
 we start or stop.
 If this option is not specified, then the first non option argument
 is used.
-If the
-.Ar daemon
-is a script and you are not using the pidfile or process name options,
-then you should replace
-.Ar daemon
-with the interpreter and pass
-.Ar daemon
-as an argument. Below is an example:
-.Pp
-start-stop-daemon perl -- /usr/bin/daemon.pl
 .It Fl p , -pidfile Ar pidfile
 When starting, we expect the daemon to create a valid
 .Ar pidfile
@@ -176,6 +166,9 @@ to stop or signal.
 .Xr getopt 3 ,
 .Xr nice 2 ,
 .Xr rc_find_pids 3
+.Sh BUGS
+.Nm
+cannot stop an interperted daemon that no longer exists without a pidfile.
 .Sh HISTORY
 .Nm
 first appeared in Debian.
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