Re: [PLUG] correct way to do this in bash

[sean finney <seanius@seanius.net>]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 06:46:04AM -0400, Mag Gam wrote:
> What is the best way to kill and restart a process even if using cron?

the "best way" is for the script to record its pid into a file when it
starts, so you can do just kill `cat pidfile` (perhaps modulo some sanity
test for non-empty pidfile and non-existing process).  alternatively,
i'd suggest you look at the fine manual for pkill(1).


	sean

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