X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/hippotat/blobdiff_plain/d84dbf4bde624a66318086c61c387e6448c707e4..2eecd19c0f96d98e599b680447510aac06e8dd86:/hippotatd

diff --git a/hippotatd b/hippotatd
index f4bc551..e3e42fb 100755
--- a/hippotatd
+++ b/hippotatd
@@ -391,9 +391,15 @@ def daemonise():
       # we are the intermediate child
       os._exit(0)
 
+    mypid = os.getpid()
+    if opts.pidfile is not None:
+      pfh = open(opts.pidfile, 'w')
+      print(mypid, file=pfh)
+      pfh.close()
+
     logger = subprocess.Popen(['logger','-d',
                                '-t','hippotat(stderr)',
-                               '--id=%d' % os.getpid(),
+                               '--id=%d' % mypid,
                                '-p',opts.syslogfacility + '.err'],
                               stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                               stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
@@ -429,6 +435,11 @@ optparser.add_option('--daemon',
                      action='store_true', dest='daemon', default=False,
                      help='daemonize (and log to syslog)')
 
+optparser.add_option('--pidfile',
+                     nargs=1, type='string',
+                     action='store', dest='pidfile', default=None,
+                     help='write pid to this file')
+
 optparser.add_option('--syslog-facility',
                      nargs=1, type='string',action='store',
                      metavar='FACILITY', dest='syslogfacility',