Use XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to guess the best location for the PID file

etix · e3fef5b432ec4bee238abfbd8e06bbedc9b90433 · etix committed Jul 25, 2017 · Jul 25, 2017 · e3fef5b
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commit e3fef5b432ec4bee238abfbd8e06bbedc9b90433
Unified Split

Showing with 5 additions and 1 deletion.

+5 −1 process/process.go
diff --git a/process/process.go b/process/process.go
@@ -121,7 +121,11 @@ func KillParent(ppid int) error {
 func GetPidLocation() string {
 	if core.PidFile == "" { // Runtime
 		if defaultPidFile == "" { // Compile time
-			return "/var/run/mirrorbits.pid" // Fallback
+			rdir := os.Getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")
+			if rdir == "" {
+				return "/var/run/mirrorbits.pid" // Fallback
+			}
+			return rdir + "/mirrorbits.pid"
 		}
 		return defaultPidFile
 	}