path: root/source/n/rpcbind/0001-man-rpcibind.8-Clarify-state-file-usage-and-history.patch

From a89ba6d07832cb62a86601971380fda7130c6826 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Patrick J. Volkerding" <volkerdi@slackware.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 23:09:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] man/rpcibind.8: Clarify state file usage and history

---
 man/rpcbind.8 | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/rpcbind.8 b/man/rpcbind.8
index af6200f..bdfb1c8 100644
--- a/man/rpcbind.8
+++ b/man/rpcbind.8
@@ -132,11 +132,20 @@ to connect to services from a privileged port.
 .It Fl w
 Cause
 .Nm
-to do a "warm start" by read a state file when
+to do a "warm start" by attempting to read *.xdr state files from the
+state directory
+.%T /var/run/rpcbind
+when
 .Nm
-starts up. The state file is created when
+starts up. The state files are created when
 .Nm
 terminates.
+.Pp
+This allows for restarting
+.Nm
+without the need to restart all RPC services that have previously registered.
+The state files serve a similar purpose to the files created/restored by the
+pmap_dump and pmap_set utilities distributed with the old portmap server package.
 .El
 .Sh NOTES
 All RPC servers must be restarted if
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2.13.2