Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 17:12:47 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, Chris Piazza <cpiazza@home.net>, "Vanilla I. Shu" <vanilla@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/security/xinetd Makefile ports/security/xinetd/files md5 Message-ID: <82984.934643567@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Aug 1999 10:58:18 -0400." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908141057170.55593-100000@janus.syracuse.net>
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On Sat, 14 Aug 1999 10:58:18 -0400, "Brian F. Feldman" wrote: > So we're expected to do something like this? > p=$(</var/run/foo.pid); kill $p; rm -f $p Depends what you're trying to do. I think Mark's point is simply that you can't rely on the existance of a pidfile as a guarantee that a process is running. He's right, and it's easy to prove with SIGKILL. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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