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

[Sentinel]

yes you are right.

root at sentinel:/home/sentinel# /etc/rc.d/proftpd stop
:: Stopping ProFTPd Server                                               
[DONE]
root at sentinel:/home/sentinel# PID=`pidof -o %PPID -x /usr/sbin/proftpd`
root at sentinel:/home/sentinel# echo $PID

root at 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 <kanocz at intrak.sk> wrote:
>   
>> 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 at sentinel:~$ su
>> Password:
>> with power comes great responsibility
>> root at sentinel:/home/sentinel# PID=`pidof -o %PPID -x /usr/sbin/proftpd`
>> root at sentinel:/home/sentinel# echo $PID
>> 7469
>> root at sentinel:/home/sentinel# [ -z "$PID" ] && echo "pid is empty"
>> root at 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.
>
>