On Tue, 04 Dec 2001, Simon Loader wrote: > /usr/cyrus/bin/master & > echo $! > /var/run/cyrus.pid > > which sort gives the same control.
Well, it depends. The pidfile support inside master allows it to fork() at will and still keep the pidfile current. This way, we can setsid() without any sort of trouble... so it has its advantages. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh
