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authorMario Preksavec <mario at slackware dot hr>2015-03-03 08:11:46 +0700
committerWilly Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>2015-03-03 08:11:46 +0700
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perl/perl-Proc-PID-File: Added (module to manage process id files).
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+The Proc::PID::File is useful for writers of daemons and other processes that
+need to tell whether they are already running, in order to prevent multiple
+process instances. The module accomplishes this via *nix-style pidfiles,
+which are files that store a process identifier.