"kill -HUP `pidof inetd`" fails

[Cathey, Jim]

Looks like whatever it was that tried to invoke
the kill command didn't use a shell to parse it
first.

-- Jim



-----Original Message-----
From: busybox-bounces at busybox.net [mailto:busybox-bounces at busybox.net]
On Behalf Of Gilles
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 4:19 PM
To: busybox at busybox.net
Subject: "kill -HUP `pidof inetd`" fails

Hello

An application uses the following command to restart inetd:
=============
root:/var/tmp> kill -HUP `pidof inetd`
kill: bad pid '`pidof'
kill: bad pid 'inetd`'
=============

pidof is actually compiled in Busybox:
=============
root:/var/tmp> which pidof
/sbin/pidof

root:/var/tmp> ls -al /sbin/pidof
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root             7 Jul  4  2011 /sbin/pidof
-> busybox
=============

Inet is running OK:
=============
root:/var/tmp> ps aux| grep inetd
   55 root       484 S    /sbin/inetd -f
  196 root       692 S    grep inetd

root:/var/tmp> pidof inetd
55
=============

I don't understand the cause for the error. Anybody has an idea?

Thank you.

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