Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:45:16 +0100 From: Stephen Allen <sdafreebsduk@rowyerboat.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Question about rc-scripts Message-ID: <470AB2FC.8070006@rowyerboat.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Under normal circumstance, should the /etc/rc.subr functions handle the
creation of the pid at service start?
The basic vendor-provided script (which I've had to adapt somewhat to
suit this installation) runs "echo $! > ${dbgw_pidfile}" as the last
line of the script. When you do a 'status' command though, it blanks
out the contents of the pid. That echo line isn't present in any of the
standard scripts - hence my initial question.
Apart from variable assignments, the script defines 'start_cmd' (which I
assume is used as the start command by rc.subr). Strange that I
couldn't find any reference to start_cmd in /etc/rc.subr though.
So, my question is, why isn't the pidfile being automagically created?
Many thanks,
Steve
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?470AB2FC.8070006>