reading pid from pid file in C language
 

Hi all, I would read a process id from a pid file in C language.
For instance, I have a daemon with your pid in daemon.pid file
How can I kill above daemon reading pid from pid file?

thanks,
savio

Send a signal to the process (by reading its PID from the PID file) asking it to terminate. Read the GNU C library documentation under signals for how to do this, and the appropriate signal to send (note: do not use signal 9, sigkill, its a very rude signal to use).