Hi Philip,
Most binaries i.e. httpd, memcached, mysqld, etc... provide a config
file or cli option to provide the path to a pid file.
Like you say - I can't find anything in rc.subr that would create a pid.
So, I looked in /etc/rc.d/ntpd (for example), and I still can't find
in there where it might create a pid.
Your particular problem is that run_rc_command actually exits so that
the script exits with the correct return code generally that of what
the application in question returns from trying to start or stop.
Inless you have a reason, If you're running a daemon, you shouldn't need
to background the command.
It /is/ a daemon
Also, rather then an echo try adding -x to the shebang line.
Yeah, I did that whilst I was re-arranging it. I think my problem is, I
don't understand properly what creates the pids for the standard scripts
(like nptd), so I can't look at it to see how it's done.
Many thanks,
Steve
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