Re: Detecting running deamons

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Luciano Moreira - igLnx wrote:

> I have a application that run like a deamon, which write in a file its PID,
> that is used to stop it later by others programs. But, I ve noted that my
> users send signal 9 to stop deamons, and my application cannot remove its
> PID file, because it cannot handle singal 9, keeping its PID file at HD
> (FileSystem).
> 
> Can someone sugest me a way to know the deamon's PID, without write it to a
> file ?
> OR
> How can I do to know if my deamon is running and get its PID ?
> 
On the command-line:
 pidof `which program_name`
or:
 ps aux | grep program_name
or perhaps interactive?:
 top

> Thanks,

No problemo

> Luciano

J.