On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 09:18:59PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > In Debian Installer we're seeing a regression in pidof. For certain > processes it no longer returns the PID. > > # ps ax | grep [d]ebian-installer > 452 root 1408 S /bin/sh /sbin/debian-installer > 5594 root 1964 S /bin/sh /sbin/debian-installer > /bin/network-console-m > 5641 root 1964 S /bin/sh /sbin/debian-installer > /bin/network-console-m > # pidof debian-installer > #
This matches the behaviour of the sysvinit pidof: | $ pidof sh | 8402 | $ pidof test.sh | $ ps x | grep test.sh | 8402 pts/4 S+ 0:00 /bin/sh ./test.sh Bastian -- The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank. -- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]