Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:02:57 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/pkill pkill.1 pkill.c Message-ID: <200508241602.59424.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200508241938.j7OJcSNW066686@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200508241938.j7OJcSNW066686@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Wednesday 24 August 2005 03:38 pm, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > pjd 2005-08-24 19:38:28 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > usr.bin/pkill pkill.1 pkill.c > Log: > Modify '-F' option to work nicely with pidfile(3) - a pidfile given as > an argument has to be locked. > > Revision Changes Path > 1.17 +8 -0 src/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1 > 1.27 +14 -0 src/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.c I guess the only thing that makes me uncomfortable about this change is that it means pkill won't work with 3rd party program's pid files since they are probably not using pidfile(3). Maybe have some way of turning off the flock requirement? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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