X-Git-Url: http://gitweb.michael.orlitzky.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fman1%2Fhtsn.1;h=43858c6b53a8edd5f0eac629e22e07ccb6da7da2;hb=b13f4b597ff3055026722adc5661566b1aa8b3ed;hp=9d7ebce607b170f8ce220a914149313275fae737;hpb=1c9fc237aae9afa0b8c374366562bfd52787b796;p=dead%2Fhtsn.git diff --git a/doc/man1/htsn.1 b/doc/man1/htsn.1 index 9d7ebce..43858c6 100644 --- a/doc/man1/htsn.1 +++ b/doc/man1/htsn.1 @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Default: disabled .IP \fB\-\-log-file\fR If you specify a file here, logs will be written to it (possibly in addition to syslog). Can be either a relative or absolute path. It -will not be auto-rotated; use something log logrotate for that. +will not be auto-rotated; use something like logrotate for that. Default: none @@ -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. -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 @@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ 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 its +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.