Update pidfile documentation.

[dead/htsn.git] / htsn.cabal

diff --git a/htsn.cabal b/htsn.cabal
index 5f2129d1a1871e6355ad4a5eff335798629fd445..fb82e5e44f5ce18649b054bfcbe167af4cbf87c7 100644 (file)
--- a/htsn.cabal
+++ b/htsn.cabal
@@ -128,8 +128,10 @@ description:
   .
   (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
   .