---
name: "pidfilehack"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "minit"
version: "0.10-5"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pidfilehack"
---

# pidfilehack(8)

work around daemons that always fork

## 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)](/msvc/8.md), [pidfilehack(8)](/pidfilehack/8.md)