/var/run/ pid files

[lewiz]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 12:40:52AM -0400, Ronny Hippler wrote:
> 	What controls the creation of the pid files in the /var/run/ directory? 

afaik, sometimes you have to create them yourself.  Some programmes
don't have an option to create one.  This can be done easily using a
combination of ps, grep and awk ;)  There's probably a more professional
way of doing it, but I don't know (I'd be interested to hear though ;)

  Best wishes,

-lewiz.

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