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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * pid file routines
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 by Stephane Billiart <stephane.billiart@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
+ */
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_PIDFILE
+int write_pidfile(const char *path)
+{
+ int pid_fd;
+ char *end;
+ char buf[sizeof(int)*3 + 2];
+
+ /* we will overwrite stale pidfile */
+ pid_fd = open(path, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC);
+ if (pid_fd < 0)
+ return 0;
+ /* few bytes larger, but doesn't use stdio */
+ end = utoa_to_buf(getpid(), buf, sizeof(buf));
+ end[0] = '\n';
+ full_write(pid_fd, buf, end - buf + 1);
+ close(pid_fd);
+ return 1;
+}
+#endif