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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 12:57:49 -0500
From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To: Studded <Studded@dal.net>
Cc: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>,
        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: How to get the PID before a program is run? (No joke :-)
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In the last episode (Sep 23), Studded said:
> Dan Nelson wrote:
> 
> > How about:
> > 
> > #! /bin/sh
> > echo $$ > /var/run/program.pid
> 
> 	$$ is the pid of the shell. 
> 
> Doug

You left out the rest of my script :)

#! /bin/sh
echo $$ > /var/run/program.pid
exec /bin/program

The exec replaces the shellscript with the program.  The pid does not
change.  I did test the script before posting the message ya know :)

	-Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com

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