More sensible use of paths for feedfile and chdir

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

diff --git a/doc/man/innduct.8 b/doc/man/innduct.8
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--- a/doc/man/innduct.8
+++ b/doc/man/innduct.8
@@ -71,15 +71,26 @@ feeding by looking in
 is the actual NNTP feeder program used by nntpsend.
 .SH GENERAL OPTIONS
 .TP
-.BR \-f | \-\-feedfile= \fIfeedfile\fR
-Specifies
-.IR feedfile .
-If the specified value ends in a
+.BR \-f | \-\-feedfile= \fIpath\fR
+Specifies the
+.I feedfile
+to read, and indirectly specifies the paths to
+be used for various ancillary files (see FILES, below).
+If
+.I path
+ends in a
 .B /
-it is taken as a directory to use as if it were
-.I pathoutgoing
-and the actual feed file used is
-.IR specified_feedfile / site .
+it is taken as a directory to use, and the actual feed file used is
+.IR path / site .
+If
+.I path
+does not start with a
+.BR / ,
+it is taken to be relative to
+.IR pathoutgoing
+from inn.conf.
+The default is
+.IR site .
 .TP
 .BR \-q | \-\-quiet-multiple
 Makes innduct silently exit (with status 0) if another innduct holds