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diff --git a/man5/proc_pid_exe.5 b/man5/proc_pid_exe.5 deleted file mode 100644 index 21d2fbc..0000000 --- a/man5/proc_pid_exe.5 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,59 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, Daniel Quinlan <quinlan@yggdrasil.com> -.\" Copyright (C) 2002-2008, 2017, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> -.\" Copyright (C) 2023, Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later -.\" -.TH proc_pid_exe 5 2023-08-15 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -/proc/pid/exe \- symbolic link to program pathname -.SH DESCRIPTION -.TP -.IR /proc/ pid /exe -Under Linux 2.2 and later, this file is a symbolic link -containing the actual pathname of the executed command. -This symbolic link can be dereferenced normally; attempting to open -it will open the executable. -You can even type -.IR /proc/ pid /exe -to run another copy of the same executable that is being run by -process -.IR pid . -If the pathname has been unlinked, the symbolic link will contain the -string \[aq]\ (deleted)\[aq] appended to the original pathname. -.\" The following was still true as at kernel 2.6.13 -In a multithreaded process, the contents of this symbolic link -are not available if the main thread has already terminated -(typically by calling -.BR pthread_exit (3)). -.IP -Permission to dereference or read -.RB ( readlink (2)) -this symbolic link is governed by a ptrace access mode -.B PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS -check; see -.BR ptrace (2). -.IP -Under Linux 2.0 and earlier, -.IR /proc/ pid /exe -is a pointer to the binary which was executed, -and appears as a symbolic link. -A -.BR readlink (2) -call on this file under Linux 2.0 returns a string in the format: -.IP -.in +4n -.EX -[device]:inode -.EE -.in -.IP -For example, [0301]:1502 would be inode 1502 on device major 03 (IDE, -MFM, etc. drives) minor 01 (first partition on the first drive). -.IP -.BR find (1) -with the -.I \-inum -option can be used to locate the file. -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR proc (5) |