This paragraph should talk about prebinding instead of prelinking, shouldn't it?
Also, it seems "prebind data" sounds more correct than "prebinding data", but I could easily get wrong here. -- WBR, Vadim Zhukov Index: ldconfig.8 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/libexec/ld.so/ldconfig/ldconfig.8,v retrieving revision 1.27 diff -u -p -r1.27 ldconfig.8 --- ldconfig.8 10 Jul 2013 06:43:38 -0000 1.27 +++ ldconfig.8 19 Apr 2015 12:35:58 -0000 @@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ List the current contents of on the standard output. The hints file will not be modified. .It Fl S -Perform prelinking operations in a safe mode; always copies the binaries -when prelinking data is added to a file. +Perform prebinding operations in a safe mode; always copies the binaries +when prebind data is added to a file. Use this to eliminate the possibility that .Dv ETXTBUSY -will occur when attempting to run a binary while prelinking +will occur when attempting to run a binary while prebinding is running. .It Fl s Do not scan the built-in system directory