r1141 - trunk/varnish-cache/bin/varnishd
des at projects.linpro.no
des at projects.linpro.no
Fri Oct 6 13:04:01 CEST 2006
Author: des
Date: 2006-10-06 13:04:01 +0200 (Fri, 06 Oct 2006)
New Revision: 1141
Modified:
trunk/varnish-cache/bin/varnishd/varnishd.1
Log:
Clarify the semantics of -d and -dd.
Modified: trunk/varnish-cache/bin/varnishd/varnishd.1
===================================================================
--- trunk/varnish-cache/bin/varnishd/varnishd.1 2006-10-05 14:56:50 UTC (rev 1140)
+++ trunk/varnish-cache/bin/varnishd/varnishd.1 2006-10-06 11:04:01 UTC (rev 1141)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\"
.\" $Id$
.\"
-.Dd September 26, 2006
+.Dd October 6, 2006
.Dt VARNISHD 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -84,6 +84,25 @@
is not specified, the default is 8080.
.It Fl d
Enables debugging mode.
+This causes
+.Nm
+to fork; the child process daemonizes and runs as usual, while the
+parent process remains attached to the console and will accept
+management commands from
+.Dv stdin .
+If the parent process receives
+.Dv EOF ,
+it will terminate, but the child process will continue to run.
+.Pp
+The child process will not start accepting client connections until
+the
+.Cm start
+command is given.
+.Pp
+If the
+.Fl d
+flag is specified twice, the child process will not daemonize, and
+terminating the parent process will also terminate the child.
.It Fl f Ar config
Use the specified VCL configuration file instead of the builtin
default.
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