basic_pidfile.sh

Adding the above rm command to the end of the script will result in cleaning up the PID file after a successful execution. If the script exits any other places this step should be included before the exit command.

Summary of Changes
Now that we have made our changes let's take another look at this script.

#!/bin/bash

PIDFILE=/home/vagrant/forever.pid
if [ -f $PIDFILE ]
then
  PID=$(cat $PIDFILE)
  ps -p $PID > /dev/null 2>&1
  if [ $? -eq 0 ]
  then
    echo "Process already running"
    exit 1
  else
    ## Process not found assume not running
    echo $$ > $PIDFILE
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]
    then
      echo "Could not create PID file"
      exit 1
    fi
  fi
else
  echo $$ > $PIDFILE
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]
  then
    echo "Could not create PID file"
    exit 1
  fi
fi

sleep 25d
rm $PIDFILE