From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Wed Oct 2 23:06:18 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F8FA13B872; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 23:06:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ian@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46kBZx6hZWz46gv; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 23:06:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ian@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C60F52B35; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 23:06:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ian@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id x92N6HEK096243; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 23:06:17 GMT (envelope-from ian@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from ian@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id x92N6HhF096242; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 23:06:17 GMT (envelope-from ian@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201910022306.x92N6HhF096242@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: ian set sender to ian@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Ian Lepore Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 23:06:17 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r353024 - head/usr.sbin/daemon X-SVN-Group: head X-SVN-Commit-Author: ian X-SVN-Commit-Paths: head/usr.sbin/daemon X-SVN-Commit-Revision: 353024 X-SVN-Commit-Repository: base MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 23:06:18 -0000 Author: ian Date: Wed Oct 2 23:06:17 2019 New Revision: 353024 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/353024 Log: Clarify how the -f option for daemon(8) interacts with other options related to redirecting stdout and stderr. Modified: head/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 Modified: head/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 Wed Oct 2 21:49:39 2019 (r353023) +++ head/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 Wed Oct 2 23:06:17 2019 (r353024) @@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ Change the current working directory to the root .It Fl f Redirect standard input, standard output and standard error to .Pa /dev/null . +When this option is used together with any of the options related to file +or syslog output, the standard file descriptors are first redirected to +.Pa /dev/null , +then stdout and/or stderr is redirected to a file or to syslog as +specified by the other options. .It Fl S Enable syslog output. This is implicitly applied if other syslog parameters are provided.