Re: [arch-general] get pid of daemon in init script

yes you are right. root@sentinel:/home/sentinel# /etc/rc.d/proftpd stop :: Stopping ProFTPd Server [DONE] root@sentinel:/home/sentinel# PID=`pidof -o %PPID -x /usr/sbin/proftpd` root@sentinel:/home/sentinel# echo $PID root@sentinel:/home/sentinel# Sorry, I made a mistake. I usually do not have my ftp server running. But I forgot, that I was moving something between my computer and laptop. :) Btw proftpd's init script does the same. The proftpd.pid file is empty. T Travis Willard wrote:

On Feb 8, 2008 3:06 PM, Sentinel wrote:

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Hi!

It works perfectly (at least for me), just you have to ensure, that you call it with appropriate rights while testing: my testing: sentinel@sentinel:~$ su Password: with power comes great responsibility root@sentinel:/home/sentinel# PID=`pidof -o %PPID -x /usr/sbin/proftpd` root@sentinel:/home/sentinel# echo $PID 7469 root@sentinel:/home/sentinel# [ -z "$PID" ] && echo "pid is empty" root@sentinel:/home/sentinel#

Tom

That is because you already have /usr/sbin/proftpd running. In the case of running the start initscript, the PID is sampled before the application ever starts, and hence will return no PID, as Dan already explained.