NAME

       pidfilehack - work around daemons that always fork

SYNOPSIS

       pidfilehack servicename pidfile command [parameters]

DESCRIPTION

       pidfilehack is used to work around daemons that insist on forking into the background, but
       that do write a correct pid file.

       pidfilehack forks the actual service, then waits for the pidfile to be  written.  Once  it
       can read the pid from the pidfile it will tell minit the real pid and quit.

USAGE

       usually pidfilehack is symlinked as run command of a service.

       servicename
              the name of the service pidfilehack is installed for.

       pidfile
              the filename to read the pid from

       command
              the real command to start

       parameters
              additional parameters for the command

              A typical use of this command will look like this:

       /etc/minit/apache

       /etc/minit/apache/params
              apache
              /var/run/apache.pid
              apachectl
              start

       /etc/minit/apache/run
              -> /sbin/pidfilehack

AUTHOR

       minit  was  written  by  Felix  von  Leitner  and  can  be  downloaded  from  his  page at
       http://www.fefe.de/minit/

       This manpage was written by Erich Schubert <erich@debian.org>  for  the  Debian  GNU/Linux
       operating system.

SEE ALSO

       msvc(8), pidfilehack(8)

                                                                                   pidfilehack(8)