core.5: Clarify that dumping program's initial CWD is root directory

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2017-01-30 11:23:26 +13:00
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@ -274,6 +274,14 @@ to find the right
.I /proc/[pid]
directory and probe/enter the crashing process's namespaces if needed.
.IP *
The process starts with its current working directory
as the root directory.
If desired, it is possible change to the working directory of
the dumping process by employing the value provided by the
.I %P
specifier to change to the location of the dumping process via
.IR /proc/[pid]/cwd .
.IP *
Command-line arguments can be supplied to the
program (since Linux 2.6.24),
delimited by white space (up to a total line length of 128 bytes).