Re: [PATCH] Show the current working directory in the proc title

[Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>]

Jeremy Evans <jeremyevans0@gmail.com> wrote:
> I see in the NEWS entry for 0.95.1 that you do recommend an absolute
> path for the -c/--config-file option, but it may be beneficial to
> mention this in the man page or other parts of the documentation.

Agreed, thanks Jeremy!

>From d7695c25c5e3b1c90e63bf15a5c5fdf68bfd0c34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 23:14:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] doc: recommend absolute paths for -c/--config-file

Suggested-by: Jeremy Evans
ref: http://mid.gmane.org/AANLkTintT4vHGEdueuG45_RwJqFCToHi5pm2-WKDSUMz@mail.gmail.com
---
 Documentation/unicorn.1.txt       |    3 +++
 Documentation/unicorn_rails.1.txt |    7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/unicorn.1.txt b/Documentation/unicorn.1.txt
index 24df7ab..c20a570 100644
--- a/Documentation/unicorn.1.txt
+++ b/Documentation/unicorn.1.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ with rackup(1) but strongly discouraged.
     implemented as a Ruby DSL, so Ruby code may executed.
     See the RDoc/ri for the *Unicorn::Configurator* class for the full
     list of directives available from the DSL.
+    Using an absolute path for for CONFIG_FILE is recommended as it
+    makes multiple instances of Unicorn easily distinguishable when
+    viewing ps(1) output.
 
 -D, \--daemonize
 :   Run daemonized in the background.  The process is detached from
diff --git a/Documentation/unicorn_rails.1.txt b/Documentation/unicorn_rails.1.txt
index 267e425..f426b07 100644
--- a/Documentation/unicorn_rails.1.txt
+++ b/Documentation/unicorn_rails.1.txt
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ as much as possible.
 -c, \--config-file CONFIG_FILE
 :   Path to the Unicorn-specific config file.  The config file is
     implemented as a Ruby DSL, so Ruby code may executed.
-    See the RDoc/ri for the *Unicorn::Configurator* class for the
-    full list of directives available from the DSL.
+    See the RDoc/ri for the *Unicorn::Configurator* class for the full
+    list of directives available from the DSL.
+    Using an absolute path for for CONFIG_FILE is recommended as it
+    makes multiple instances of Unicorn easily distinguishable when
+    viewing ps(1) output.
 
 -D, \--daemonize
 :   Run daemonized in the background.  The process is detached from
-- 
Eric Wong
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