pid-file

This stanza entry specifies the location and name of the PID file.

Syntax

pid-file = fully_qualified_path

Description

Location and name of the PID file.

Options

fully_qualified_path
Represents an alphanumeric string. String values are expected to be characters that are part of the local code set. The set of valid characters in a file name can be determined by the file system and by the local code set. For Windows operating systems, file names cannot have a backward slash (\), a colon (:), a question mark (?), or double quotation marks ("). For AIX, Linux, and Solaris operating systems, path names and file names are case-sensitive.

Usage

Required

Default value

The following table shows the default value by platform.
Table 1. pid-file default value by platform
Platform File name
Linux® or UNIX /var/PolicyDirector/log/ivacld.pid
Windows c:\progra files\tivoli\policy director\log\ivacld.pid

Example

Example for a Windows operating system:
pid-file = C:\pd\log\ivacld.pid