httrcall: Implemented optional limiting of child processes.

[ashd.git] / doc / httrcall.doc

diff --git a/doc/httrcall.doc b/doc/httrcall.doc
index c4fa48e..cda8c95 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/httrcall.doc
+++ b/doc/httrcall.doc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ httrcall - Call transient ashd handlers
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-*httrcall* [*-h*] 'PROGRAM' ['ARGS'...]
+*httrcall* [*-h*] [*-l* 'LIMIT'] 'PROGRAM' ['ARGS'...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ OPTIONS
 
        Print a brief help message to standard output and exit.
 
+*-l* 'LIMIT'::
+
+       If specified, only 'LIMIT' copies of the handler program are
+       allowed to run at one time. If furter request are received
+       while 'LIMIT' children are running, *httrcall* will block,
+       waiting for one to exit before forking new ones. If no *-l*
+       option is specified, *httrcall* imposes no limit on the number
+       of children that may run.
+
 AUTHOR
 ------
 Fredrik Tolf <fredrik@dolda2000.com>