On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 14:38:49 +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Nick Phillips wrote: > > Is there a Good Reason why start-stop-daemon, when using the --pidfile > > option, doesn't check that the pidfile is valid before deciding not to > > start a daemon? > What do you mean with `valid'? maybe 'not stale', i.e. not a leftover from an unclean shutdown or something... Cheers, M/