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From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:25:09 +0200
To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: New library: libpidfile.
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Random thoughts:

Am 22.08.2005 um 23:30 schrieb Pawel Jakub Dawidek:

>     if (pidfile_open("/var/run/daemon.pid", 0644, &otherpid) == -1) {

>     pidfile_write();

>             pidfile_close();

I can't really think of a case that would need it, but wouldn't it  
make sense to have pidfile_open return a handle, and use that in the  
subsequent calls? Just in case anyone would ever need more than one...

Does this API have any implications for privsep'ed daemons?


Stefan

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