In a bash script I am starting openvpn as a client like this: #!/bin/bash conf_file=/etc/openvpn/blahblah.conf openvpn_pid_file="/var/run/openvpn-client/ovpnc.pid" command_line="/usr/bin/openvpn --config $conf_file --daemon" $command_line openvpn_pid=$! echo "openvpn_pid=$openvpn_pid" echo $openvpn_pid >> "$openvpn_pid_file" After a successful start of openvpn, my variable openvpn_pid is empty and my openvpn_pid_file is empty. However, pgrep openvpn will give me the PID. Why am I not getting that PID in my script? What should I change in order to get the correct PID in my variable and ultimately into the openvpn_pid_file? This is all on Arch Linux. Login To add answer/comment
