incorrect pid in --pidfile using --make-pidfile in rc-script

[bigV]

I have created an rc-script file to start/stop a daemon. When I use --make-pidfile in conjunction with start-stop-daemon, the pid written to the file I specify is the real pid -1
i.e. a ps -auxww returns 4288 but --make-pidfile writes 4287 to the pid file. Hence when I come to use start-stop-daemon --pidfile, the pid is incorrect and I get an error stating so!!

Any Ideas

Thanks

[slartibartfasz]

this may be due to forking of the process - some demons fork when they are started so u have to kill the 'next' process, however u cant count on this - the quick and very(!) dirty solution is to simply add '1' to the pid you try to kill...
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