.TP
-\fB-P\fR[\fIpidfile\fR], \fB--pidfile\fR[\fB=\fIpidfile\fR]
+\fB--pidfile\fR[\fB=\fIpidfile\fR]
Causes a file (by default, \fB\*(PN.pid\fR) to be created indicating
the PID of the running process. If \fIpidfile\fR is not specified, or
if it does not begin with \fB/\fR, then it is created in
\fB@RUNDIR@\fR.
.TP
-\fB-f\fR, \fB--force\fR
-By default, when \fB-P\fR or \fB--pidfile\fR is specified and the
-specified pidfile already exists and is locked by a running process,
-\fB\*(PN\fR refuses to start. Specify \fB-f\fR or \fB--force\fR
-to cause it to instead overwrite the pidfile.
+\fB--overwrite-pidfile\fR
+By default, when \fB--pidfile\fR is specified and the specified pidfile
+already exists and is locked by a running process, \fB\*(PN\fR refuses
+to start. Specify \fB--overwrite-pidfile\fR to cause it to instead
+overwrite the pidfile.
-When \fB-P\fR or \fB--pidfile\fR is not specified, this option has no
-effect.
+When \fB--pidfile\fR is not specified, this option has no effect.
.TP
-\fB-D\fR, \fB--detach\fR
+\fB--detach\fR
Causes \fB\*(PN\fR to detach itself from the foreground session and
run as a background process.
+
+.TP
+\fB--no-chdir\fR
+By default, when \fB--detach\fR is specified, \fB\*(PN\fR
+changes its current working directory to the root directory after it
+detaches. Otherwise, invoking \fB\*(PN\fR from a carelessly chosen
+directory would prevent the administrator from unmounting the file
+system that holds that directory.
+.IP
+Specifying \fB--no-chdir\fR suppresses this behavior, preventing
+\fB\*(PN\fR from changing its current working directory. This may be
+useful for collecting core files, since it is common behavior to write
+core dumps into the current working directory and the root directory
+is not a good directory to use.
+.IP
+This option has no effect when \fB--detach\fR is not specified.
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