Deamons.rb: changing the pid directory

Ruby
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Hey folks,

Does anyone know how I can change the directory that the pid file is put
in when using the Daemons gem (http://daemons.rubyforge.org/) ?

Thanks!
Mike

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Look in the rdoc documentation for Daemons::Pidfile. If daemons is
installed as a gem, then

gem server --daemon

and point web browser at http://localhost:8808/

Or just read the comments in the source, which will probably be
installed somewhere like

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/daemons-1.0.10/lib/daemons/pidfile.rb

There you will find the following documentation:

=== Where are the Pid-Files stored?

Daemons is configurable to store the Pid-Files relative to three

different locations:

1. in a directory relative to the directory where the script (the

one that is supposed to run

as a daemon) resides (:script option for

:dir_mode)

2. in a directory given by :dir (:normal option

for :dir_mode)

3. in the preconfigured directory /var/run

(:system option for :dir_mode)