[BusyBox 0001051]: crond does not manage pid file

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The following issue has been CLOSED 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=1051 
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Reported By:                iggarpe
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   1051
Category:                   Standards Compliance
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     closed
Resolution:                 open
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             09-25-2006 08:10 PDT
Last Modified:              02-14-2008 11:47 PST
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Summary:                    crond does not manage pid file
Description: 
Standard crond will create /var/run/crond.pid on startup and remove it upon
termination, as many other daemons do.

This file is very useful in general, but essential to manage processes
with utilities such as monit.
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 vda - 02-14-08 11:47  
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I'm pretty sure crond will create the pidfile:

write_pidfile("/var/run/crond.pid");

If user selects CONFIG_FEATURE_PIDFILE=y, that is... 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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09-25-06 08:10  iggarpe        New Issue                                    
09-25-06 08:10  iggarpe        Status                   new => assigned     
09-25-06 08:10  iggarpe        Assigned To               => BusyBox         
02-14-08 11:47  vda            Status                   assigned => closed  
02-14-08 11:47  vda            Note Added: 0004774                          
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