Subject: standards/4148: mrouted pid file location
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <oskar@netbsd.ping.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/25/1997 00:26:42
>Number:         4148
>Category:       standards
>Synopsis:       mrouted pid is in /etc according to manpage
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Sep 24 15:20:02 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Charlie Root
>Organization:
	PING Private Internet User Group
>Release:        Tue Sep 23 22:53:26 CEST 1997
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD netbsd 1.2G NetBSD 1.2G (NETTIE) #1: Tue Sep 23 22:53:26 CEST 1997 root@netbsd:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/NETTIE i386


>Description:
	excerpt from man output:
       For convenience in sending signals, mrouted writes its pid
       to /etc/mrouted.pid upon startup.

>How-To-Repeat:
	man mrouted
>Fix:
	netbsd# diff -u2 mrouted.8.old mrouted.8 
--- mrouted.8.old       Wed Mar 26 13:26:46 1997
+++ mrouted.8   Thu Sep 25 00:25:29 1997
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 same as INT
 .IP USR1
-dumps the internal routing tables to /usr/tmp/mrouted.dump.
+dumps the internal routing tables to /var/tmp/mrouted.dump.
 .IP USR2
-dumps the internal cache tables to /usr/tmp/mrouted.cache.
+dumps the internal cache tables to /var/tmp/mrouted.cache.
 .IP QUIT
 dumps the internal routing tables to stderr (only if
@@ -278,5 +278,5 @@
 For convenience in sending signals,
 .I mrouted
-writes its pid to /etc/mrouted.pid upon startup.
+writes its pid to /var/run/mrouted.pid upon startup.
 .bp
 .SH EXAMPLE
@@ -388,9 +388,9 @@
 /etc/mrouted.conf
 .br
-/etc/mrouted.pid
+/var/run/mrouted.pid
 .br
-/usr/tmp/mrouted.dump
+/var/tmp/mrouted.dump
 .br
-/usr/tmp/mrouted.cache
+/var/tmp/mrouted.cache
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR mrinfo (8) ,

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