Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 10:58:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: 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: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908141057170.55593-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <199908141452.QAA23532@gratis.grondar.za>
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On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, Mark Murray wrote: > > I'd like to take this opportunity to note that anything that creates > > a /var/run/%s.pid should unlink it when it goes away. How could you > > do that from a startup script? > > You are incorrect. > > Programs that care should look for the process with the PID in that file, > and if it is not found, should do something sane (like restart the errant > process or rm the file). So we're expected to do something like this? p=$(</var/run/foo.pid); kill $p; rm -f $p > > M > -- > Mark Murray > Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org > > Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ green@FreeBSD.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ | _ \._ \ |) | http://www.FreeBSD.org/ _ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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