On many systems /var/run is not world-writeable, and writing PID fails

[lcr.git] / main.c

diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 7290af9..95388a0 100644 (file)
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -332,11 +332,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                nooutput = 1;
 
                /* write pid file */
-               pidfile = fopen("/var/run/lcr.pid","w");
+               SPRINT(lock, "%s/lcr.pid", options.lock);
+               pidfile = fopen(lock,"w");
                if (pidfile) {
                        fprintf(pidfile, "%d\n", getpid());
                        fclose(pidfile);
-               }
+               } else
+                       fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create PID file: %s\n", lock);
        } else
        /* if not start */
        if (!!strcasecmp(argv[1],"start")) {