From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:46:54 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: fix pidfile handling
X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/hippotat/commitdiff_plain/e6bec44d1f87f5094effda2643fc878900f25a02

fix pidfile handling

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
---

diff --git a/hippotatd b/hippotatd
index 834dc5d..123943a 100755
--- a/hippotatd
+++ b/hippotatd
@@ -400,12 +400,12 @@ def daemonise():
     if grandchildpid:
       # we are the intermediate child
       if opts.pidfile is not None:
-        print(grandchildpid, file=pfh)
-        pfh.close()
+        print(grandchildpid, file=pidfile_h)
+        pidfile_h.close()
       os._exit(0)
 
-    mypid = os.getpid()
-    pfh.close()
+    if opts.pidfile is not None:
+      pidfile_h.close()
                                                                         
     logger = subprocess.Popen(['logger','-d',
                                '-t','hippotat(stderr)',