core.5: Explain that core_pattern %e is process/thread 'comm' value

The 'comm' value is typically the same as the (possibly
truncated) executable name, but may be something different.

Reported-by: Jonny Grant <jg@jguk.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2020-06-09 12:08:39 +02:00
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@ -174,7 +174,17 @@ dump mode\(emsame as value returned by
(since Linux 3.7)
.TP
%e
executable filename (without path prefix)
The process or thread's
.I comm
value, which typically is the same as the executable filename
(without path prefix, and truncated to a maximum of 15 characters),
but may have been modified to be something different;
see the discussion of
.I /proc/[pid]/comm
and
.I /proc/[pid]/task/[tid]/comm
in
.BR proc (5).
.TP
%E
pathname of executable,