From: Robert Bielik <robert.bielik at xponaut.se> > Ok, I think I'm going nuts. I simply want to startup a Java Service like so: > daemon --pidfile=$PIDFILE --user $USER "cd $WORKING_DIR && /usr/bin/java > $DAEMON_ARGS >/dev/null 2>&1 &" > I can get it to startup alrite, but the litte "thingy" is that I have no way of > getting the process ID of the > started service to put in the PIDFILE, in order for me to later on be able to > stop the service. Try without the '=' JD