18 Apr
2000
18 Apr
'00
16:31
On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Thomas Biege wrote:
kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid`
I've seen this type of thing suggested alot, is there a reason this is better than: killall -HUP syslogd
no, there is no reason.
It was suggested offlist that using the kill one would prevent unwanted SIGHUPage of other processes called syslogd, and this sounds a viable one, although it was possibly shortsighted of the person who decided to call their process syslogd. /cog