[SunHELP] Script migration problems

[Ben Ricker]

On 29 Mar 2001 10:42:13 -0500, Dale Ghent wrote:
> On 29 Mar 2001, Ben Ricker wrote:
> 
> | I did as you suggested but still get the same problem. I have noticed
> | that every time, the PID written to the file is the JVM's real PID
> | subtract 3...a BIG kludge would be to take the PID and subtract 3 from
> | it. But that is not really a good idea.
> 
> Well, realistically, resolving "$$" by the shell itself will give you the
> shell's own PID.. not of any program it just kicked off.

I thought the PID of a file it kicks off with exec was the same as the
shell.

> On the command
> line, do "echo $$" and then do a "whodo". You'll see that the PID returned
> by echo matches the PID of your login shell. Why this is different on
> Linux, I have no idea.
> 

It works on Linux because the PID of the exec'ed process is the same as
the shell. Weirder anad weirder.....

> | Anyway to kill a process based upon name? I know Linux has 'killall
> | <processname>' and this would be perfect (albeit inelegant). 
> 
> Yes, in Solaris 7 or later, you can use the pkill command in the same
> fassion.

I used the pkill instead of pulling the PID and using kill -9 $PID but
this won't do for the long term. I have to run a separate java process
that cannot be killed when the other one may be killed periodically.
Plus, I have a monitoring script which relies on the PID to check to see
if it is still running and if not, respawn it...

Sigh,,,,,

Thanks of for the info,

Ben Ricker