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[inn-innduct.git] / doc / man / innduct.8

diff --git a/doc/man/innduct.8 b/doc/man/innduct.8
index d5f6be024d33ba2f17efe30925c61adc7a63b0bc..72ee35ff2c37cc7fbb746d9a3005e98de68bd3d8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/innduct.8
+++ b/doc/man/innduct.8
@@ -344,6 +344,16 @@ feed.  A process holds this lock after it has opened the lockfile,
 made an fcntl F_SETLK call, and then checked with stat and fstat that
 the file it now has open and has locked still has the name
 \fIfeedfile\fR_lock.  (Only) the lockholder may delete the lockfile.
+For your convenience, after the lockfile is locked,
+.IR innfeed 's
+pid, the
+.IR site ,
+.IR feedfile
+and
+.IR fqdn
+are all written to the lockfile.  NB that stale lockfiles may contain
+stale data so this information should not be relied on other than for
+troubleshooting.
 .IP \fIfeedfile\fR_flushing
 .IX Item "flushing file"
 Batch file: the main feedfile is renamed to this filename by innduct