Re: [Wrapper-user] service wrapper 3.3.9 (OSX) - WrapperJarApp - "stop" incorrectly returns stale pid file

[Leif M. <le...@ta...>]

Blake,
I answered this in your other thread.  I am actually yet to meet
another Leif face to face.   I think I am the only one in Japan ;-)

Cheers,
Leif

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Blake Rodgers <bro...@ev...> wrote:
> Hello Leif,
>
> I have a brother named Leif! I am using a service on a Mac OS X 10.5, using
> the Jar wrapper integration method 4. The service script usually (not
> always) has a problem stopping the service, saying its not running, when in
> fact it is. Then the stale pid file gets deleted by the script. I check and
> see the process (wrapper) running in the Activity Monitor, and it has the
> same process ID as in the wrapper's pid file. I get the same result for the
> "status" argument.. I checked the bug list, and a similar bug is listed as
> fixed. I need to be able to script the command in a bash script. On Windows,
> to directly stop and remove the service, I run "net stop [servicename]" and
> "sc delete [servicename]", but these don't work on Mac. I use launchd to
> launch the service at startup, which works. Running launchctl "list" lists
> the wrapper, but the launchctl doesn't stop it. Running "Kill <pid>" works,
> but I'll have to write a script to pick up the Tanuki's pid file number
> first, which is what your script is doing, but it declares it "stale"….
>
> Thanks,
>
> Blake Rogers
>
> Eveo