pidof returns pid of etc/rc.d script

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#3 pidof returns pid of etc/rc.d script

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Updated: 2008-07-23

Created: 2008-07-23

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when 'pidof $DAEMON' is called from a etc/rc.d script it returns both the PID of the daemon and the init script that called it, eg

'pidof esd' called from /etc/rc.d/esd returns:
225 228
(225 being the esd pid, 228 being the pid of /etc/rc.d/esd)