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authorBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2010-08-22 23:13:35 -0700
committerBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2010-08-25 14:55:47 -0700
commitd4db8309c5f22e1fb0201c67b2bf044f652332b7 (patch)
tree3699c5e1965154eef931484ce35f10fee21e571d /lib/daemon.c
parent528b8cc4fa1a3cee71cd647ec399caf68760c9c0 (diff)
daemon: Improve comments.
Elsewhere we put the name of command-line options that control global variables in the comment, so do so here as well. Also fix a comment typo.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/daemon.c')
-rw-r--r--lib/daemon.c15
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/daemon.c b/lib/daemon.c
index c8033fbe..cb2f8c20 100644
--- a/lib/daemon.c
+++ b/lib/daemon.c
@@ -36,16 +36,17 @@
VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(daemon)
-/* Should we run in the background? */
+/* --detach: Should we run in the background? */
static bool detach;
-/* Name of pidfile (null if none). */
+/* --pidfile: Name of pidfile (null if none). */
static char *pidfile;
-/* Create pidfile even if one already exists and is locked? */
+/* --overwrite-pidfile: Create pidfile even if one already exists and is
+ locked? */
static bool overwrite_pidfile;
-/* Should we chdir to "/"? */
+/* --no-chdir: Should we chdir to "/"? */
static bool chdir_ = true;
/* File descriptor used by daemonize_start() and daemonize_complete(). */
@@ -174,9 +175,9 @@ die_if_already_running(void)
}
}
-/* If a pidfile has been configured, creates it and stores the running process'
- * pid init. Ensures that the pidfile will be deleted when the process
- * exits. */
+/* If a pidfile has been configured, creates it and stores the running
+ * process's pid in it. Ensures that the pidfile will be deleted when the
+ * process exits. */
static void
make_pidfile(void)
{