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From: Pascal Giannakakis <CapM@gmx.net>
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Subject: RE: Writing a start / stop script (getting pid)
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I'm sorry, i searched for "PID" in the manpage... 
 
Thanks! 
 
> Pascal: 
>  
> You can use the -p option of ftpd to write it's PID to a file. 
>  
> Something like 
>  
> ftpd -D -p /var/run/fptd.pid 
>  
> should probably work. 
>  
>  - Barry 
>  
> -- 
> Barry Byrne, IT Manager, 
> WBT Systems, Block 2, Harcourt Centre 
> Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland 
>  
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG 
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Pascal 
> > Giannakakis 
> > Sent: 24 September 2002 10:41 
> > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG 
> > Subject: Writing a start / stop script (getting pid) 
> > 
> > 
> > Lo ppl, 
> > 
> > how to i get the pid of a process i start in a shellscript? 
> > 
> > The Variables $$ / $PID are not really of use. What i would like 
> > to have, is 
> > some sort 
> > of command with has the return value of another startet script. 
> > 
> > The background: i try to write a rc.d script for ftpd, and i need 
> > the PID to 
> > stop it 
> > again. 
> > 
> > Thx! 
> > 
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