WHAT IS IT
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This is a module to manage *nix pid-files, which are files that store a process identifier. A script (usually a daemon) can create a pid-file to check whether it is already running, so it can avoid creating multiple instances of itself.

HOW TO INSTALL
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Just type:

    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make test
    make install

and you should be all set.

HOW TO USE
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For usage, please consult the man page provided with this package.

DEPENDENCIES

This module is written in pure Perl and requires only the POE state engine.  It has been tested with version 0.23 but may work with older versions.

AVAILABILITY

The module may be found on the CPAN whilst the RPM package lives at:

	http://perl.arix.com/

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2002 Erick Calder <ecalder@cpan.org>

This product is distributed under the MIT License. A copy of this license was included in a file called LICENSE. If for some reason, this file was not included, please see http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html to obtain a copy of this license.