- merged changes from PLD, all TLD changes and fixes are kept

[rc-scripts.git] / lib / makepid

diff --git a/lib/makepid b/lib/makepid
new file mode 100755 (executable)
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/makepid
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+#!/bin/sh
+test -n "$PIDFILE" || { echo >&2 'Missing $PIDFILE env'; exit 1; }
+
+# run the program, and capture pid
+prog="$1"; shift
+"$prog" "$@" &
+pid=$!
+rc=$?
+
+# write pid to file
+echo "$pid" > "$PIDFILE"
+exit $rc