Hi Pete,
Creating a pid file in /tmp (or in /var/run) is standard practice of almost
all system services. This file *is* used by processes that have to notify
the olbd.
Andy
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From: "Peter Elmer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 5:00 AM
Subject: /tmp/olbd.pid
> Hi Andy,
>
> I see that the olbd creates a small turd file when it is started:
>
> shire01> ls /tmp/olb*
> /tmp/olbd.pid
>
> Why is this file needed? (i.e. who or what uses it?)
>
> I'm not particularly fond of these sorts of files in /tmp if they aren't
> absolutely critical (even if they have the pid in the name to make it more
> unique, which this one doesn't). They usually just cause headaches as one
> user can trip over something some other user has done at some point in the
> past on the same machine...
>
> thanks,
> Pete
>
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