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authorcinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net>2014-01-01 06:44:48 +0100
committercinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net>2014-01-01 06:44:48 +0100
commit18a50d04ac1587ad8119feffcc1fa9f7b9b90c6d (patch)
tree9297be91b3973cdc61db941bc3afd67250986a64 /sys/man/3
parent9a98f28f1e7a4960fcc24e12317265250795d99b (diff)
proc(3): the args file is writable, not read only (thanks qrstuv)
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diff --git a/sys/man/3/proc b/sys/man/3/proc
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@@ -136,10 +136,13 @@ the amount of memory used by the process in units of 1024 bytes
.IP \-
the base and current scheduling priority, each 11 character numbers
.PP
-The read-only
+The
.B args
file contains the arguments of the program when it was created by
.IR exec (2).
+Writing to the
+.B args
+file will overwrite its contents.
If the program was not created by
.BR exec ,
such as by