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authorDenys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>2008-12-09 14:15:56 +0000
committerDenys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>2008-12-09 14:15:56 +0000
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manpage: document new feature of propagating exit code/signal death status.
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@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ by a process and the signals which are received by a process.
The name of each system call, its arguments and its return value
are printed on standard error or to the file specified with the
.B \-o
-option.
+option. When straced program exits, strace makes exit status
+available to the parent process of strace.
.LP
.B strace
is a useful diagnostic, instructional, and debugging tool.