cvs commit: src/usr.bin/pkill pkill.1 pkill.c

[John Baldwin]

On Wednesday 24 August 2005 03:38 pm, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> pjd         2005-08-24 19:38:28 UTC
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     usr.bin/pkill        pkill.1 pkill.c
>   Log:
>   Modify '-F' option to work nicely with pidfile(3) - a pidfile given as
>   an argument has to be locked.
>
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.17      +8 -0      src/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1
>   1.27      +14 -0     src/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.c

I guess the only thing that makes me uncomfortable about this change is that 
it means pkill won't work with 3rd party program's pid files since they are 
probably not using pidfile(3).  Maybe have some way of turning off the flock 
requirement?

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