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daemon.8: Use Dv for signal names

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(cherry picked from commit 735637f7d6)
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Mateusz Piotrowski 2023-09-18 19:28:27 +01:00
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@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ specified by the other options.
.It Fl H , Fl -sighup
Close
.Pa output_file
and re-open it when signal SIGHUP is received, for interoperability with
and re-open it when signal
.Dv SIGHUP
is received, for interoperability with
.Xr newsyslog 1
and similar log rotation / archival mechanisms. If
.Fl -output-file
@ -89,7 +91,8 @@ and
.Fl -sighup
the absolute path needs to be provided to ensure
.Nm
can re-open the file after a SIGHUP.
can re-open the file after a
.Dv SIGHUP .
.It Fl m , Fl -output-mask Ar output_mask
Redirect output from the child process stdout (1), stderr (2), or both (3).
This value specifies what is sent to syslog and the log file.
@ -177,7 +180,9 @@ waits until it terminates to keep the pid file(s) locked and removes them
after the process exits or restarts the program.
In this case if the monitoring
.Nm
receives software termination signal (SIGTERM) it forwards it to the
receives software termination signal
.Pq Dv SIGTERM
it forwards it to the
spawned process.
Normally it will cause the child to exit, remove the pidfile(s)
and then terminate.