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Subject: Re: specify pid for a process?
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> It's not really for any good reason, but I'm rather curious, since I know
> certain basic services always claim the same pid when you reboot, and I
> don't think that's just because they fall into place that way.

I think it's because they get started in that order -- so init gets
pid 1, the rest get 2, 3, 4, etc... 


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