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p5-Proc-PID-File-1.29p0

manage process id files

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Description

This module is useful for writers of daemons and other processes that need to tell whether they are already running, in order to prevent multiple process instances. The module accomplishes this via *nix-style pidfiles, which are files that store a process identifier.

Package information

Ports path
devel/p5-Proc-PID-File
Package architecture
*
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
devel, perl5
Available flavors
None listed

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Direct dependencies

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