Pascal: You can use the -p option of ftpd to write it's PID to a file.
Something like ftpd -D -p /var/run/fptd.pid should probably work. - Barry -- Barry Byrne, IT Manager, WBT Systems, Block 2, Harcourt Centre Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pascal > Giannakakis > Sent: 24 September 2002 10:41 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Writing a start / stop script (getting pid) > > > Lo ppl, > > how to i get the pid of a process i start in a shellscript? > > The Variables $$ / $PID are not really of use. What i would like > to have, is > some sort > of command with has the return value of another startet script. > > The background: i try to write a rc.d script for ftpd, and i need > the PID to > stop it > again. > > Thx! > > -- > Werden Sie mit uns zum "OnlineStar 2002"! Jetzt GMX w�hlen - > und tolle Preise absahnen! http://www.onlinestar.de > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
