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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 ----- Original Message ----- 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Elmer E-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: +41 (22) 767-4644 > Address: CERN Division PPE, Bat. 32 2C-14, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >