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STALEPID(1) General Commands Manual STALEPID(1) NAME stalepid -- check for and remove stale process ID files SYNOPSIS stalepid [-bdhV] pidfile processname DESCRIPTION The stalepid utility was developed to facilitate the startup of servers that write their process ID to a file and refuse to start if that file exists (e.g. when the process was last terminated by an unclean shut- down, or simply killed, not given the chance to clean up the process ID file). The stalepid utility is used to check for and possibly remove those stale process ID files. Upon its invocation, stalepid checks for the following conditions: - the file specified by the pidfile argument exists; - it contains a single line, and the line contains a single number; - there is no process with the process ID specified in the file, or if there is one, it is not named processname. If all those conditions are met, the stalepid utility will remove the file specified by the pidfile argument, thus allowing the next invoca- tion of the server to proceed normally. The following options are available: -b Invoke the ps(1) utility using BSD syntax (the default behav- ior). -d Display diagnostic information during the course of operation. -h Display a short help message and exit. -V Display program version information and exit. ENVIRONMENT Not taken in consideration in the present version. FILES None relevant in the present version. HISTORY The stalepid utility was developed by Peter Pentchev in 2003. AUTHORS Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>. FreeBSD ports 15.0 February 17, 2017 STALEPID(1)
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