# Gavin Andresen
# 2011-04-19 02:05:01
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6029.msg89333#msg89333

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 @p{brk}
I pulled a patch that makes Linux/Mac bitcoin/bitcoind write a bitcoind.pid file when started with the -daemon switch (and erases it on shutdown). @p{par}

Next release will have several changes to make startup on Linux/Mac more unix-standard-like. @p{brk}