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diff --git a/doc/dbus-cleanup-sockets.1 b/doc/dbus-cleanup-sockets.1 index ca669f49..a062d498 100644 --- a/doc/dbus-cleanup-sockets.1 +++ b/doc/dbus-cleanup-sockets.1 @@ -1,43 +1,43 @@ .\" -.\" dbus-cleanup-sockets manual page. +.\" dbus\-cleanup\-sockets manual page. .\" Copyright (C) 2003 Red Hat, Inc. .\" -.TH dbus-cleanup-sockets 1 +.TH dbus\-cleanup\-sockets 1 .SH NAME -dbus-cleanup-sockets \- clean up leftover sockets in a directory +dbus\-cleanup\-sockets \- clean up leftover sockets in a directory .SH SYNOPSIS .PP -.B dbus-cleanup-sockets [DIRECTORY] +.B dbus\-cleanup\-sockets [DIRECTORY] .SH DESCRIPTION -The \fIdbus-cleanup-sockets\fP command cleans up unused D-Bus +The \fIdbus\-cleanup\-sockets\fP command cleans up unused D\-Bus connection sockets. See http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/ for more information about the big picture. .PP -If given no arguments, \fIdbus-cleanup-sockets\fP cleans up sockets +If given no arguments, \fIdbus\-cleanup\-sockets\fP cleans up sockets in the standard default socket directory for the -per-user-login-session message bus; this is usually /tmp. +per\-user\-login\-session message bus; this is usually /tmp. Optionally, you can pass a different directory on the command line. .PP -On Linux, this program is essentially useless, because D-Bus defaults +On Linux, this program is essentially useless, because D\-Bus defaults to using "abstract sockets" that exist only in memory and don't have a corresponding file in /tmp. .PP On most other flavors of UNIX, it's possible for the socket files to -leak when programs using D-Bus exit abnormally or without closing -their D-Bus connections. Thus, it might be interesting to run -dbus-cleanup-sockets in a cron job to mop up any leaked sockets. +leak when programs using D\-Bus exit abnormally or without closing +their D\-Bus connections. Thus, it might be interesting to run +dbus\-cleanup\-sockets in a cron job to mop up any leaked sockets. Or you can just ignore the leaked sockets, they aren't really hurting anything, other than cluttering the output of "ls /tmp" .SH AUTHOR -dbus-cleanup-sockets was adapted by Havoc Pennington from -linc-cleanup-sockets written by Michael Meeks. +dbus\-cleanup\-sockets was adapted by Havoc Pennington from +linc\-cleanup\-sockets written by Michael Meeks. .SH BUGS -Please send bug reports to the D-Bus mailing list or bug tracker, +Please send bug reports to the D\-Bus mailing list or bug tracker, see http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/ |