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diff --git a/doc/s6-fdholder-retrieve.html b/doc/s6-fdholder-retrieve.html index a58d64e..3edc1fb 100644 --- a/doc/s6-fdholder-retrieve.html +++ b/doc/s6-fdholder-retrieve.html @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ <p> <tt>s6-fdholder-retrieve</tt> connects to a <a href="s6-fdholderd.html">fd-holding daemon</a> listening on a -Unix domain socket, and retrieves a file descriptor from that -daemon, then executes a program with that file descriptor as the +Unix domain socket, and retrieves a file descriptor from this +daemon, then executes a program with this file descriptor as the program's standard input. </p> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ wrong socket, for instance). </li> <li> 1: the server denied the operation. The meaning of the error messages is explained <a href="s6-fdholder-errorcodes.html">here</a>. </li> <li> 100: wrong usage. </li> - <li> 111: system call failed - that includes attempting to connect to a + <li> 111: system call failed - this includes attempting to connect to a nonexistent socket, or one where no <a href="s6-fdholderd.html">s6-fdholderd</a> daemon is listening. </li> </ul> @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ daemon is listening. </li> <p> will retrieve a file descriptor stored under the MYSOCKET identifier in the s6-fdholderd daemon listening on the <tt>/service/fdholderd/s</tt> -socket, and execute into <tt>s6-ipcserverd cat</tt> with that file +socket, and execute into <tt>s6-ipcserverd cat</tt> with this file descriptor as stdin. In this case, if MYSOCKET referred to a Unix domain socket, <a href="s6-ipcserverd.html">s6-ipcserverd</a> will then accept client connections on it and spawn a <tt>cat</tt> program for every |