On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 09:27:31PM +0100, Chris Boot wrote: [...] > Hi Pablo, > > I'd argue exactly the opposite point: that when you want multiple > instances a PID file can help you work out which is which. That new option may break existing setups with multiple instances. > My patch adds an option that takes a filename argument, so two > instances can write to two different PID files; grepping ps won't > easily tell you which instance is the correct one (without resorting > to grepping for command-line arguments). You can use pidof. Many other debian init scripts use it to obtain the process PID. Regards. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html