This modification just uses the parameter -x of pidof.
It just adds the possibility to look for a script name:
"Scripts too - this causes the program to also return process id's of
shells running the named scripts." (manpage pidof(8))
So there won't be a break of current uses of this function.
I've also done some tests and the results are always the same wether
you use -x for getting pid of normal programs or not.
A usecase is a script I've written which runs as daemon and which I
wanted to start using an initscript.
Because it expands the functionality without loosing some I think it's
worth adding.
Kind regards,
Amdrwe
On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:22:01 +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Andrwe Lord Weber
<[email protected]> wrote:
get_pid() can now get the PID of a running shell script which is
given as parameter.
Could you add a few words why we want this, preferably with a
usecase,
and also argue why this will not break any current users of
get_pid()?
Cheers,
Tom
