> > Have you ever seen the special %PPID value used together > > with the -o pidof option in your favourite distros? > http://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=pidof+-o+%25PPID > > The lsb base init script has it, that's a pretty major dependency > and would be across all distributions? I found that in our lsb too, but it seems to me useless. Anyway ... I'll rather re-implement it to avoid compatibility issues as it isn't difficult. Thank you. Jaromir.