From ce6d69ddac954475a40510286946b4bf1d2bb976 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phillip Susi Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 09:55:52 -0400 Subject: flock: document exit status of flock in man page The man page did not indicate that the exit status of flock is actually that of the child command, when one is run. --- sys-utils/flock.1 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'sys-utils/flock.1') diff --git a/sys-utils/flock.1 b/sys-utils/flock.1 index 99ae682d2..c245eda5f 100644 --- a/sys-utils/flock.1 +++ b/sys-utils/flock.1 @@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ or which report a failure to acquire the lock with a return value given by the .I \-E option, or 1 by default. +.PP +When using the variant, and executing the child worked, then +the exit status is that of the child command. .SH AUTHOR .UR hpa@zytor.com H. Peter Anvin -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522