Re: IPTraf PID

["Vladimir G. Ivanovic" <vladimir@acm.org>]

"pgrep iptraf" should work on Linux (Red Hat).

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"PD" == Paul Dean <paul@thecave.cantech.net.au> writes:

  PD> Hya list,

  PD> Just wondering if "process ID" handling is going to be added to the
  PD> program.

  PD> This would make it so much easier to run IPTraf as a daemon, as it has
  PD> the functionality already to do so.

  PD> Having a "/var/run/iptraf/iptraf.pid" file in which you could "cat",
  PD> then you run logrotate and parse the log file very easily via perl or
  PD> something.

  PD> Yes this can be done via a script anyway, but it's just a bit of a pain
  PD> to do a "ps x |grep iptraf" and then fiddle with the output to get your
  PD> pid.

  PD> Thanks...

  PD> -- 
  PD> Paul...

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