[mythtv-users] mythbackend pid

dropax dropax at aol.com
Sat Jun 30 01:23:30 UTC 2007


You can use the PID from the pid file to check whether that process is 
still running.  Linux ubernewbie here only knows that the "top" command 
shows pid, but I'm sure there are other commands which show active 
processes with less overhead or in a more easily parsed format.

Anduin Withers wrote:
>> I might be thinking about this wrong but isn't the pid created when
>> the application launches and deleted when it dies?
> 
> Deleting the pid file only happens on a graceful exit (meaning almost
> never).
> 


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