> Now they seem to use /proc/pid/stat. Gosh... that's supposed to be used > for --name match!
At this point, Denys, since you haven't done it yet, I feel obligated to remind people that start-stop-daemon is a horrible hack, that PID tracking and /proc parsing is an unreliable and very inefficient way to monitor daemons, and that people who really want reliability and RightThingness with daemon management should look at supervision suites such as s6 (http://www.skarnet.org/software/s6/) or runit (http://smarden.org/runit/), and that busybox even includes parts of runit. start-stop-daemon and such are okay for people who want to emulate System V behaviour. But System V behaviour is inherently unreliable, and emulating it isn't always the best way. Since busybox is mostly used in embedded environments and embedded environments often have high reliability requirements, I feel it's important to keep that in mind. -- Laurent _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
