[flow-tools] flow-capture pidfile error

Mark Fullmer maf@eng.oar.net
Tue, 4 Jun 2002 23:30:49 -0400


On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 10:46:08PM -0700, Jos Backus wrote:
> Fwiw, I run flow-capture as non-root under Dan Bernstein's daemontools. Works
> flawlessly, and no pidfiles needed (they are a bad practice anyway). I can
> post some details if requested.

The pid files good or bad are fairly common.  I'll allow -p to accept a '-'
or "" to disable it though.

mark