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proc.5: Add a detail to /proc/[pid]/comm
authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Tue, 9 Jun 2020 10:36:38 +0000 (12:36 +0200)
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Tue, 9 Jun 2020 10:39:17 +0000 (12:39 +0200)
Note the connection to the "%e" specifier in
/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
man5/proc.5

index d6a3035a884d0ba034e9b5fb356d73dee652b867..32e9e0be818f348721e1db55144d254cc16a39e8 100644 (file)
@@ -565,6 +565,12 @@ and
 operations, and is employed by
 .BR pthread_setname_np (3)
 when used to rename threads other than the caller.
+The value in this file is used for the
+.I %e
+specifier in
+.IR /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern ;
+see
+.BR proc (5).
 .TP
 .IR /proc/[pid]/coredump_filter " (since Linux 2.6.23)"
 See