--- tac_plus.1.orig Sat Apr 3 08:03:47 1999 +++ tac_plus.1 Tue Nov 9 21:55:56 1999 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ authorisation and accounting. .LP On startup, tac_plus creates the file -.B /etc/tac_plus.pid , +.B /var/run/tac_plus.pid , if possible, containing its process id. .LP .SH ARGUMENTS and OPTIONS @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ facility. .nf -local6.info /var/adm/messages +local6.info /var/log/tac_plus.log .fi .LP @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ .B /var/tmp/tac_plus.log Contains debugging output when -d is in effect. .TP -.B /etc/tac_plus.pid or /etc/tac_plus.pid.port +.B /var/run/tac_plus.pid or /var/run/tac_plus.pid.port contains the process id of the currently running daemon. The port number is appended to the filename only if the port being used is not the default one of 49. --- users_guide.orig Sat Apr 3 08:03:48 1999 +++ users_guide Tue Nov 9 21:57:03 1999 @@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ and then send the daemon a SIGUSR1. This will cause it to reinitialize itself and re-read the configuration file. -On startup, tac_plus creates the file /etc/tac_plus.pid , if possible, +On startup, tac_plus creates the file /var/run/tac_plus.pid , if possible, containing its process id. If you invoke the daemon so that it listens on a non-standard port, the file created is /etc/tac_plus.pid. instead, where is the port number the daemon is listening on. @@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ Assuming you are listening on the default port 49, something like the following should work: -# kill -USR1 `cat /etc/tac_plus.pid` +# kill -USR1 `cat /var/run/tac_plus.pid` It's a good idea to check that the daemon is still running after sending it a SIGUSR1, since a syntactically incorrect configuration