#!/bin/sh
# ngIRCd Test Suite
-# $Id: getpid.sh,v 1.2 2002/11/10 14:28:06 alex Exp $
-
-# wurde ein Name uebergeben?
-[ $# -ne 1 ] && exit 1
-
-# Flags fuer "ps" ermitteln
-if [ `uname` = "FreeBSD" ]; then
- PS_FLAGS="-a"; PS_PIDCOL="1"; HEAD_FLAGS="-n 1"
-elif [ `uname` = "A/UX" ]; then
- PS_FLAGS="-ae"; PS_PIDCOL="1"; HEAD_FLAGS="-1"
-else
- PS_FLAGS="-f"; PS_PIDCOL="2"; HEAD_FLAGS="-n 1"
- ps $PS_FLAGS > /dev/null 2>&1
- if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then PS_FLAGS="a"; PS_PIDCOL="1"; fi
+#
+# Try to detect the PID of a running process of the current user.
+#
+
+set -u
+
+# did we get a name?
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+ echo "Usage: $0 <name>" >&2
+ exit 1
fi
-# PID ermitteln
-ps $PS_FLAGS > procs.tmp
-pid=$( cat procs.tmp | grep "$1" | awk "{print \$$PS_PIDCOL}" | sort -n | head $HEAD_FLAGS )
+UNAME=`uname`
-# ermittelte PID validieren
-[ "$pid" -gt 1 ] > /dev/null 2>&1
-[ $? -ne 0 ] && exit 1
+# Use pgrep(1) whenever possible
+if [ -x /usr/bin/pgrep ]; then
+ case "$UNAME" in
+ "FreeBSD")
+ PGREP_FLAGS="-a"
+ ;;
+ *)
+ PGREP_FLAGS=""
+ esac
+ exec /usr/bin/pgrep $PGREP_FLAGS -n -u "$LOGNAME" "$1"
+fi
+
+# pidof(1) could be a good alternative on elder Linux systems
+if [ -x /bin/pidof ]; then
+ exec /bin/pidof -s "$1"
+fi
+
+# fall back to ps(1) and parse its output:
+# detect flags for "ps" and "head"
+PS_PIDCOL=1
+case "$UNAME" in
+ "A/UX"|"GNU"|"SunOS")
+ PS_FLAGS="-a"; PS_PIDCOL=2
+ ;;
+ "Haiku")
+ PS_FLAGS="-o Id -o Team"
+ ;;
+ *)
+ # Linux (GNU coreutils), Free/Net/OpenBSD, ...
+ PS_FLAGS="-o pid,comm"
+esac
+
+# search PID
+ps $PS_FLAGS >procs.tmp
+grep -v "$$" procs.tmp | grep "$1" | \
+ awk "{print \$$PS_PIDCOL}" | \
+ sort -nr >pids.tmp
+pid=`head -1 pids.tmp`
+rm -rf procs.tmp pids.tmp
+
+# validate PID
+[ "$pid" -gt 1 ] >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
echo $pid
exit 0
-
-# -eof-