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proc.5: Document /proc/PID/exe behaviour on unlinked pathnames 

Signed-off-by: Guillem Jover <guillem@hadrons.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -403,6 +403,8 @@ You can even type
.I /proc/[pid]/exe
to run another copy of the same executable that is being run by
process [pid].
If the pathname has been unlinked, the symbolic link will contain the
string \(aq(deleted)\(aq appended to the original pathname.
.\" The following was still true as at kernel 2.6.13
In a multithreaded process, the contents of this symbolic link
are not available if the main thread has already terminated