From: Sami Kerola Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 20:56:54 +0000 (+0200) Subject: setterm: add note about long dump file paths to man page X-Git-Tag: v2.20-rc1~380 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=935052005335cb4d29400da41704d2b8430ea09d;p=thirdparty%2Futil-linux.git setterm: add note about long dump file paths to man page Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola --- diff --git a/term-utils/setterm.1 b/term-utils/setterm.1 index 8451e62d7d..e5b3bb4eda 100644 --- a/term-utils/setterm.1 +++ b/term-utils/setterm.1 @@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ it. Only works if no \fB\-dump\fP options are given. .BI \-file " dumpfilename" Sets the snapshot file name for any \fB\-dump\fP or \fB\-append\fP options on the same command line. If this option is not present, the default is -screen.dump in the current directory. +screen.dump in the current directory. A path name that exceeds system +maximum will be truncated, see PATH_MAX from linux/limits.h for the value. .TP .BR \-msg " [" on | off "] (virtual consoles only)" Enables or disables the sending of kernel \fBprintk()\fP messages to the