This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------EC99529D03E7A357B2C9EB98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Don Harrop wrote: > Does anyone have ideas on how to capture the pid of a program into a file as it starts up? When you execute your program with the "&" (background process) the shell spits out the process id but I can't seem to redirect that out put to a file. I don't want to use "pidof" after the fact either in case there is another process running with the same name. Try this: & echo $! > program.pid $! is the most recent program executed. $$ is the current shell script I've attached a copy of dbXML's startup script and its SYSV wrapper for a better example. --Tom -- Tom Bradford --- The dbXML Project --- http://www.dbxml.org/ We store your XML data a hell of a lot better than /dev/null --------------EC99529D03E7A357B2C9EB98 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="dbxml.server" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="dbxml.server" IyEvYmluL3NoCgojIFRoaXMgaXMgYSBxdWljayBhbmQgdWdseSBTWVNWIFNlcnZpY2UgU2Ny aXB0IGZvciBkYlhNTAojIFlvdSdyZSBnb2luZyB0byBoYXZlIHRvIG1vZGlmeSB0aGUgZm9s bG93aW5nIHZhcmlhYmxlcwojIGJhc2VkIG9uIHlvdXIgaW5zdGFsbGF0aW9uIGxvY2F0aW9u cy4KCiMgJElkOiBkYnhtbC5zZXJ2ZXIsdiAxLjUgMjAwMS8wNS8yMSAxOTo0Njo0OSB0b20g RXhwICQKCkJBU0VESVI9L2hvbWUvdG9tL3dvcmsvZGJYTUwKQklORElSPSRCQVNFRElSL2Jp bgpKQVZBX0hPTUU9L3Vzci9sb2NhbC9qYXZhClBBVEg9JFBBVEg6JEpBVkFfSE9NRS9iaW46 JEJJTkRJUjovdXNyL2JpbjovdXNyL3NiaW4KUElERklMRT0kQkFTRURJUi9jb25maWcvZGJ4 bWwucGlkCgpleHBvcnQgUEFUSCBKQVZBX0hPTUUKCmNkICRCQVNFRElSCgpNT0RFPSQxCmNh c2UgIiRNT0RFIiBpbgoKICAgJ3N0YXJ0JykKICAgICAgaWYgdGVzdCAteCAkQkFTRURJUi9z dGFydAogICAgICB0aGVuCiAgICAgICAgIGV4ZWMgLi9zdGFydCAxPiAvZGV2L251bGwgMj4g L2Rldi9udWxsICYKICAgICAgZWxzZQogICAgICAgICBlY2hvICJDYW4ndCBleGVjdXRlICRC QVNFRElSL3N0YXJ0IgogICAgICBmaQogICAgICA7OwoKICAgJ3N0b3AnKQogICAgICBpZiB0 ZXN0IC1mICIkUElERklMRSIKICAgICAgdGhlbgogICAgICAgICBEQlhNTF9QSUQ9YGNhdCAk UElERklMRWAKICAgICAgICAgZWNobyAiS2lsbGluZyBkYlhNTCB3aXRoIHBpZCAkREJYTUxf UElEIgogICAgICAgICBraWxsIC0xNSAkREJYTUxfUElECiAgICAgIGVsc2UKICAgICAgICAg ZWNobyAiTm8gZGJYTUwgcGlkIGZpbGUgZm91bmQuICBMb29rZWQgZm9yICRQSURGSUxFLiIK ICAgICAgIGZpCiAgICAgICA7OwogICAncmVzdGFydCcpCiAgICAgIGlmIHRlc3QgLWYgIiRQ SURGSUxFIgogICAgICB0aGVuCiAgICAgICAgIERCWE1MX1BJRD1gY2F0ICRQSURGSUxFYAog ICAgICAgICBlY2hvICJSZXN0YXJ0aW5nIGRiWE1MIHdpdGggcGlkICREQlhNTF9QSUQiCiAg ICAgICAgIGtpbGwgLTEgJERCWE1MX1BJRAogICAgICBlbHNlCiAgICAgICAgIGVjaG8gIk5v IGRiWE1MIHBpZCBmaWxlIGZvdW5kLiAgTG9va2VkIGZvciAkUElERklMRS4iCiAgICAgIGZp CiAgICAgIDs7CiAgICopCiAgICAgICMgdXNhZ2UKICAgICAgZWNobyAidXNhZ2U6ICQwIHN0 YXJ0fHN0b3B8cmVzdGFydCIKICAgICAgZXhpdCAxCiAgICAgIDs7Cgplc2FjCg== --------------EC99529D03E7A357B2C9EB98 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="start" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="start" IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKaWYgdGVzdCAteiAkREJYTUxfSE9NRTsgdGhlbgogICBEQlhNTF9IT01F PWBkaXJuYW1lICQwYAogICBleHBvcnQgREJYTUxfSE9NRQpmaQoKZWNobyAiZGJYTUwgTG9h ZGVyIgplY2hvICI9PT09PT09PT09PT0iCmVjaG8KZWNobyAiRW52aXJvbm1lbnQiCmVjaG8g Ii0tLS0tLS0tLS0tIgplY2hvICJEQlhNTF9IT01FID0gIiAkREJYTUxfSE9NRQoKQ0xBU1NQ QVRIPSREQlhNTF9IT01FL2NsYXNzZ2VuOiRDTEFTU1BBVEgKCkpBUlM9YGxzIC0xICREQlhN TF9IT01FL2phdmEvbGliLyouamFyYApmb3IgamFyIGluICRKQVJTCmRvCiAgIENMQVNTUEFU SD0kamFyOiRDTEFTU1BBVEggOwpkb25lCgplY2hvICJDTEFTU1BBVEggPSAiICRDTEFTU1BB VEggCmVjaG8KZWNobyAiU3RhcnRpbmcgZGJYTUwiCmVjaG8gIi0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tIiAK CmNkICREQlhNTF9IT01FCgplY2hvICQkID4gJERCWE1MX0hPTUUvY29uZmlnL2RieG1sLnBp ZAoKUkVTVEFSVD0xCgpzZXJ2ZXJfc2h1dGRvd24oKSB7CiAgIFNIVVRET1dOX0NNRD0iIgog ICBJTlNUQU5DRVM9ImBjYXQgJERCWE1MX0hPTUUvY29uZmlnL2luc3RhbmNlcy5jZmdgIgog ICBmb3IgaW5zdGFuY2UgaW4gJElOU1RBTkNFUwogICBkbwogICAgICBkYnhtbGFkbWluIHNo dXRkb3duIC1jIC8kaW5zdGFuY2UgMT4gL2Rldi9udWxsIDI+IC9kZXYvbnVsbAogICBkb25l IAp9CgpzZXJ2ZXJfcmVzdGFydCgpIHsKICAgUkVTVEFSVD0xCiAgIHNlcnZlcl9zaHV0ZG93 biAgIAp9Cgp0cmFwICJlY2hvOyBlY2hvICdBdHRlbXB0aW5nIFNlcnZlciBTaHV0ZG93bic7 IHNlcnZlcl9zaHV0ZG93biIgMiAxNQp0cmFwICJlY2hvOyBlY2hvICdBdHRlbXB0aW5nIFNl cnZlciBSZXN0YXJ0Jzsgc2VydmVyX3Jlc3RhcnQiIDEKCndoaWxlIHRlc3QgJFJFU1RBUlQK ZG8KICAgUkVTVEFSVD0KCiAgIGphdmEgLVhtczE2bSAtWG14MTY4bSAtY2xhc3NwYXRoICIk Q0xBU1NQQVRIIiAtRGRieG1sLmhvbWU9IiREQlhNTF9IT01FIiAtbm92ZXJpZnkgb3JnLmRi eG1sLmNvcmUuc2VydmVyLmRiWE1MICQqICYKCiAgIHdhaXQgJCEKZG9uZQoKdHJhcCAxIDIg MTUKcm0gJERCWE1MX0hPTUUvY29uZmlnL2RieG1sLnBpZAo= --------------EC99529D03E7A357B2C9EB98--