At 05:45 PM 10/8/2007, Stephen Allen wrote:
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
Not all scripts create a pid file is the simple answer.
Your script should create the pid file on start, remove it on stop, and
simply cat that file on a status. If you want help with your script, post
it, and I'm sure one of us will give you a hand.
-Derek
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