On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:37:41 +0100

"Helmut Schneider"  wrote:
> Claudio Jeker  wrote:

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> > We don't believe in pid files. Use pgrep(1) and pkill(1) instead,

> > you will never have stale info that way.

>

> pgrep on OpenBSD does not support '-o' (Select only the oldest). It

> is - well - it could be more useful.

>

man pgrep

-n      Match only the most recently created process, if any.

Is that what you're looking for ?