From 089181ebbc68e32976eaa28fa1afe15c7d74d415 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Goeschel Ndjomouo Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:37:26 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] waitpid: (manpage) document the support for the "PID:inode" addressing format Signed-off-by: Christian Goeschel Ndjomouo --- misc-utils/waitpid.1.adoc | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/misc-utils/waitpid.1.adoc b/misc-utils/waitpid.1.adoc index e0dae517e..c0f88f684 100644 --- a/misc-utils/waitpid.1.adoc +++ b/misc-utils/waitpid.1.adoc @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ waitpid - utility to wait for arbitrary processes == SYNOPSIS -*waitpid* [-v] [*--timeout*|*-t* _seconds_] pid... +*waitpid* [-v] [*--timeout*|*-t* _seconds_] PID[:inode]... == DESCRIPTION @@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ waitpid - utility to wait for arbitrary processes It exits after all processes whose PIDs have been passed as arguments have exited. +Optionally, a process can be addressed with the format _PID:inode_. The _inode_ +identifies the unique process's file descriptor. To retrieve a process's inode +number you can use the *getino*(1) utility. + == OPTIONS *-v*, *--verbose*:: @@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ mailto:thomas@t-8ch.de[Thomas Weißschuh] == SEE ALSO -*waitpid*(2) *wait*(1P) +*waitpid*(2) *wait*(1P) *getino*(1) include::man-common/bugreports.adoc[] -- 2.47.3