Klaus Heinz <k.heinz.maer.drei@onlinehome.de> wrote:
>is /var/run/ available for creation of .pid files on all supported
>platforms?
>I know OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris have it,  MacOS X/Darwin probably as
>well, but what about the various Linux flavours and IRIX? HP-UX and
>Tru64?

Even my oldest version of DEC OSF/1 (3.2A) has /var/run.  So do later
versions, at least as far as Tru64 4.0F.

-Tracy