Missing Pidfile
What exactly does the --pidfile argument to start-stop-daemon do, in
conjunction with the --start argument?
I thought that, with --start, --pidfile would create a pidfile, to be
used by --stop, but it's not working. I can call start-stop-daemon with
--pidfile and --start, but the pidfile isn't created.
The man page explains that --pidfile is to "Check whether a process has
created the file pid-file." So, in conjunction with --start, is
--pidfile used to check if a process is already running?
My daemon doesn't appear to be maintaining pid files. I did a quick
search of the source for "pid", without success. Have you any advice in
this area?
Thanks!
Jack
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