diff --git a/man/process/process.pidof.3lua.scd b/man/process/process.pidof.3lua.scd index 9b3b82a..8cf70e9 100644 --- a/man/process/process.pidof.3lua.scd +++ b/man/process/process.pidof.3lua.scd @@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ the first process found with the command name _cmd_ is returned. If a process could not be found, *process.pidof* returns nil. +# BUGS +*process.pidof* depends on the nonportable program pgrep(1). +This program can be found in the procps-ng package on Linux +included in most distributions, or as part of the base system +on OpenBSD, NetBSD and FreeBSD. + +Work is being done to free *process.pidof* of this burden; +follow along with the tracking ticket for any updates +<*https://todo.sr.ht/~jeremy/callisto/7*>. + # EXAMPLES Flawed implementation of *process.pid*: