From fe689ea47caaaecbd1c1075cfd2b54fac6b471e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 13:55:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ld.so.8: Rewrite LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT description and note that .PID is appended Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man8/ld.so.8 | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8 index fd9c4a8a1..c0e2bca3e 100644 --- a/man8/ld.so.8 +++ b/man8/ld.so.8 @@ -446,10 +446,13 @@ is ignored in secure-execution mode, unless the file exists (the content of the file is irrelevant). .TP .BR LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT " (since glibc 2.1)" -File in which +By default, .B LD_DEBUG -output should be written. -The default is standard error. +output is written to standard error. +If +.B LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT +is defined, then output is written to the pathname specified by its value, +with the suffix "." (dot) followed by the process ID appended to the pathname. .B LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT is ignored in secure-execution mode.