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Subject: pid of controlled service (was Re: runit-1.2.0 available)
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On Sat, 18 Dec 2004, Gerrit Pape wrote:

> With this version the runsv program makes controlling the service
> through commands normally sent by runsvctrl configurable; arbitrary
> actions through external programs can optionally be specified, and
> signalling of the service disabled if desired.  See the man page[0]
> for details.

Looks like it could be a very useful feature.

I think it could be more useful if runsv would set an environment variable 
so that the external programs don't need to parse anything if they wish to 
send signals to, or otherwise query the status of, the controlled program.

Thanks

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Charlie