Minor documentation fixes; create all (even internal) docs with `make doc`.

[dead/htsn.git] / doc / man1 / htsn.1

diff --git a/doc/man1/htsn.1 b/doc/man1/htsn.1
index ee2361d41c877bfd6d29c3ab86f3b4580b07ac5e..78bb8d492e2f95818793d175f28765f3168198c1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man1/htsn.1
+++ b/doc/man1/htsn.1
@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ Default: none
 .IP \fB\-\-pidfile\fR
 (Daemon mode only) Create a PID file in the given location. This is
 used by the init system on Unix to keep track of the running daemon.
 .IP \fB\-\-pidfile\fR
 (Daemon mode only) Create a PID file in the given location. This is
 used by the init system on Unix to keep track of the running daemon.

-Its parent directory must be writable by the user/group that we will
-run as!
+
+If necessary, its parent directory will be created with owner/group
+set to the appropriate user/group, but at most one directory will be
+created (that is, we won't create an entire directory tree).

 
 Default: /run/htsn/htsn.pid
 
 
 Default: /run/htsn/htsn.pid
 


@@ -144,9 +146,14 @@ so there is rarely a need to do this.
 .P
 Any of the command-line options mentioned above can be specified in a
 configuration file instead. We first look for \(dqhtsnrc\(dq in the
 .P
 Any of the command-line options mentioned above can be specified in a
 configuration file instead. We first look for \(dqhtsnrc\(dq in the

-system configuration directory (/etc on Unix). We then look for a file
-named \(dq.htsnrc\(dq in the user's home directory. The latter will
-override the former.
+system configuration directory. We then look for a file named
+\(dq.htsnrc\(dq in the user's home directory. The latter will override
+the former.
+.P
+The user's home directory is simply $HOME on Unix; on Windows it's
+wherever %APPDATA% points. The system configuration directory is
+determined by Cabal; the \(dqsysconfdir\(dq parameter during the
+\(dqconfigure\(dq step is used.

 .P
 The file's syntax is given by examples in the htsnrc.example file
 (included with \fBhtsn\fR).
 .P
 The file's syntax is given by examples in the htsnrc.example file
 (included with \fBhtsn\fR).