bisakhmondal commented on a change in pull request #1898:
URL: https://github.com/apache/apisix-dashboard/pull/1898#discussion_r637491724



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File path: api/internal/utils/pid.go
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@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 // WritePID write pid to the given file path.
-func WritePID(filepath string) error {
-       if _, err := os.Stat(filepath); err == nil {
-               return fmt.Errorf("instance of Manager API already running: a 
pid file exists in %s", filepath)
+func WritePID(filepath string, forceStart bool) error {
+       if pid, err := ReadPID(filepath); err == nil {
+               if !forceStart {
+                       return fmt.Errorf("instance of Manager API already 
running: a pid file exists in %s", filepath)
+               } else {
+                       fmt.Printf("force starting new instance. another 
instance of Manager API is already running with pid %d\n", pid)

Review comment:
       sorry for the late reply. Yeah kinda makes sense though. If due to some 
reason the pid file cleanup didn't take place which is obviously very unlikely. 
Yet `maybe` sounds good.




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