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If it's something you need to do on a semi-regular basis, using a pidfile seems to me to be the best solution. Instead of trying to be clever about pipelines, j

by OskarS 9y ago

If it's something you need to do on a semi-regular basis, using a pidfile seems to me to be the best solution. Instead of trying to be clever about pipelines, just write the pid(s) to a file and use that.

emmelaich 9y ago
That's the right way to do it but you always need a backup method to use in case the process dies without removing the pidfile.
xorcist 9y ago
Or use a dedicated uid for the daemon. You probably want that anyway.