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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 23f50766..18bdefef 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ .\" Load www macros to process .URL requests, this requires groff: .mso www.tmac .\" -.TH fetchmail 1 2020-07-09 "fetchmail 6.4.13" "fetchmail reference manual" +.TH fetchmail 1 2020-10-25 "fetchmail 6.4.13" "fetchmail reference manual" .SH NAME fetchmail \- fetch mail from a POP, IMAP, ETRN, or ODMR-capable server @@ -1019,8 +1019,11 @@ idfiles when running out of disk space. .B \--pidfile <pathname> (Keyword: pidfile; since fetchmail v6.3.4) .br -Override the default location of the PID file. Default: see -"ENVIRONMENT" below. +Override the default location of the PID file that is used as a lock file. +Default: see "ENVIRONMENT" below. Note that many places in the code and +documentation, the term "lock file" is used. This file contains the process ID +of the running fetchmail on the first line and potentially the daemon interval +on a second line. .TP .B \-n | \-\-norewrite (Keyword: no rewrite) @@ -2837,7 +2840,8 @@ default location of file recording last message UIDs seen per host. (location can be overridden with environment variables) .TP 5 ~/.fetchmail.pid, $HOME/.fetchmail.pid, $HOME_ETC/.fetchmail.pid, $FETCHMAILHOME/fetchmail.pid -default location of lock file (see option pidfile) to help prevent concurrent runs (non-root mode). +default location of lock file (sometimes called pidfile or PID file, see option +pidfile) to help prevent concurrent runs (non-root mode). (location can be overridden with environment variables) .TP 5 ~/.netrc, $HOME/.netrc, $HOME_ETC/.netrc @@ -2846,10 +2850,10 @@ passwords as a last resort before prompting for one interactively. (location can be overridden with environment variables) .TP 5 /var/run/fetchmail.pid -lock file to help prevent concurrent runs (root mode, Linux systems). +lock file (pidfile) to help prevent concurrent runs (root mode, Linux systems). .TP 5 /etc/fetchmail.pid -lock file to help prevent concurrent runs (root mode, systems without /var/run). +lock file (pidfile) to help prevent concurrent runs (root mode, systems without /var/run). .SH ENVIRONMENT .IP \fBFETCHMAILHOME\fP |