>Number:         8021
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       [PATCH] man mount_procfs doesn't describe /proc/#/cmdline
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jul 17 15:50:00 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Johnny C. Lam
>Organization:
>Release:        NetBSD-1.4F
>Environment:
System: NetBSD harm 1.4F NetBSD 1.4F (RIVEN) #1: Thu Jul 15 17:49:50 EDT 1999 root@riven.home.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RIVEN i386


>Description:
	man mount_procfs fails to describe /proc/#/cmdline.

>How-To-Repeat:
	man mount_procfs

>Fix:
	The following is my best guess at the contents of /proc/#/cmdline.
I admit to not understanding the system structure grovelling done in
src/sys/miscfs/procfs/procfs_cmdline.c.

--- mount_procfs.8.orig	Sat Jul 17 18:38:15 1999
+++ mount_procfs.8	Sat Jul 17 18:38:36 1999
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@
 .Pp
 Each directory contains several files.
 .Bl -tag -width status
+.It Pa cmdline
+This file is readonly and returns null-terminated strings
+corresponding to the process' command line arguments.  For
+a system or zombie process, this file contains only a string
+with name of the process.
 .It Pa ctl
 a writeonly file which supports a variety
 of control operations.
@@ -216,6 +221,7 @@
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /proc/curproc -compact
 .It Pa /proc/#
+.It Pa /proc/#/cmdline
 .It Pa /proc/#/ctl
 .It Pa /proc/#/file
 .It Pa /proc/#/map
>Audit-Trail:
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