Re: [gentoo-dev] init.d problem

[Nick Devito]

One slightly hackish way would be the grab the PID, and check in ps aux
as to if it was running. That's one way to do what you are talking
about.

~ nick 
On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 00:43 +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> * Pablo Yanez Trujillo <yanezp@×××××××××××××××××××××××.de> schrieb:
> > what about "/etc/init.d/ntpd zap"? It deletes the file on /var/.... and set
> > the status of the init.d-file as not started. It is useful for such a case
> > :)
>
> The problem is: if the service still runs, it will attemt to start it
> twice. So this cannot be used in automatic processes, just for manual
> intervention.
>
> We should think about mechanisms to check if the service is
> actually running. This could also be used for frequently service
> checks and notification.
>
>
> cu
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