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authorMattias Andrée <maandree@member.fsf.org>2015-12-23 16:22:52 +0100
committerMattias Andrée <maandree@member.fsf.org>2015-12-23 16:23:00 +0100
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daemonise: user-private daemons
Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@member.fsf.org>
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diff --git a/include/unistd.h b/include/unistd.h
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--- a/include/unistd.h
+++ b/include/unistd.h
@@ -1134,6 +1134,10 @@ int daemon(int, int)
* you make the function call. The process can have become
* partially deamonised.
*
+ * If $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is set and is not empty, its value
+ * should be used instead of /run for the runtime data-files
+ * directory, in which the PID file is stored.
+ *
* @etymology (Daemonise) the process!
*
* @param name The name of the daemon. Use a hardcoded value,