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diff --git a/manual.en.html b/manual.en.html index d46954d..d0aff66 100755 --- a/manual.en.html +++ b/manual.en.html @@ -280,6 +280,16 @@ to create the subdirectory under <var>stage_cachedir</var>.</p></li> install log files but you may want to create a separate subdirectory under <var>stage_logdir</var> if your program writes its own log files.</p></li> +<li><p>Small files that take part in describing the state of the system and +that exist only while the program is running, such as process identifier files +and transient Unix-domain sockets, shall be sought and created under +<var>Comfignat.Runstatedir</var>. (This is <strong>not</strong> the place for +temporary files in general.)</p></li> + +<li><p>Lock files that are used to prevent multiple programs from trying to +access a device or other resource at the same time shall be sought and created +under <var>Comfignat.Lockdir</var>.</p></li> + <li><p>Ada specifications, C headers and other source files that are needed for compilation of other software that uses your libraries shall be placed under <var>Comfignat.Stage_Includedir</var> by build project files, usually under a |