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-rw-r--r--doc/mpd.13
-rw-r--r--doc/mpd.conf.52
-rw-r--r--src/main.c45
3 files changed, 31 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/doc/mpd.1 b/doc/mpd.1
index a11d892da..5741f6726 100644
--- a/doc/mpd.1
+++ b/doc/mpd.1
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ Read more about MPD at <\fBhttp://www.musicpd.org/\fP>.
Output a brief help message.
.TP
.BI --kill
-Kill the currently running mpd session.
+Kill the currently running mpd session. The pid_file parameter must be
+specified in the config file for this to work.
.TP
.BI --create-db
Force (re)creation of database and exit.
diff --git a/doc/mpd.conf.5 b/doc/mpd.conf.5
index 0e336c507..6a5336e92 100644
--- a/doc/mpd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/mpd.conf.5
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ This specifies where the log file should be located.
.TP
.B error_file <file>
This specifies where the error file should be located.
+.SH OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
.TP
.B pid_file <file>
This specifies the file to save mpd's process ID in.
-.SH OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
.TP
.B state_file <file>
This specifies if a state file is used and where it is located. The state of
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 2b76f8d9d..304cb5208 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -372,18 +372,20 @@ void startMainProcess() {
}
void daemonize(Options * options) {
- FILE * fp;
- ConfigParam * pidFileParam = parseConfigFilePath(CONF_PID_FILE, 1);
+ FILE * fp = NULL;
+ ConfigParam * pidFileParam = parseConfigFilePath(CONF_PID_FILE, 0);
- /* do this before daemon'izing so we can fail gracefully if we can't
- * write to the pid file */
- DEBUG("opening pid file\n");
- fp = fopen(pidFileParam->value, "w+");
- if(!fp) {
- ERROR("could not open %s \"%s\" (at line %i) for writing: %s\n",
- CONF_PID_FILE, pidFileParam->value,
- pidFileParam->line, strerror(errno));
- exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ if (pidFileParam) {
+ /* do this before daemon'izing so we can fail gracefully if we can't
+ * write to the pid file */
+ DEBUG("opening pid file\n");
+ fp = fopen(pidFileParam->value, "w+");
+ if(!fp) {
+ ERROR("could not open %s \"%s\" (at line %i) for writing: %s\n",
+ CONF_PID_FILE, pidFileParam->value,
+ pidFileParam->line, strerror(errno));
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
}
if(options->daemon) {
@@ -418,10 +420,12 @@ void daemonize(Options * options) {
DEBUG("daemonized!\n");
}
- DEBUG("writing pid file\n");
- fprintf(fp, "%lu\n", (unsigned long)getpid());
- fclose(fp);
- masterPid = getpid();
+ if (pidFileParam) {
+ DEBUG("writing pid file\n");
+ fprintf(fp, "%lu\n", (unsigned long)getpid());
+ fclose(fp);
+ masterPid = getpid();
+ }
}
void setupLogOutput(Options * options, FILE * out, FILE * err) {
@@ -461,7 +465,9 @@ void setupLogOutput(Options * options, FILE * out, FILE * err) {
}
void cleanUpPidFile() {
- ConfigParam * pidFileParam = parseConfigFilePath(CONF_PID_FILE, 1);
+ ConfigParam * pidFileParam = parseConfigFilePath(CONF_PID_FILE, 0);
+
+ if (!pidFileParam) return;
DEBUG("cleaning up pid file\n");
@@ -472,9 +478,14 @@ void killFromPidFile(char * cmd, int killOption) {
/*char buf[32];
struct stat st_cmd;
struct stat st_exe;*/
- ConfigParam * pidFileParam = parseConfigFilePath(CONF_PID_FILE, 1);
+ ConfigParam * pidFileParam = parseConfigFilePath(CONF_PID_FILE, 0);
int pid;
+ if (!pidFileParam) {
+ ERROR("no pid_file specified in the config file\n");
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
FILE * fp = fopen(pidFileParam->value,"r");
if(!fp) {
ERROR("unable to open %s \"%s\": %s\n",