The file that contains the process ID for the monitoring process. Specify the PidFile attribute for the monitoring process to use the Pid. Otherwise, to complete the monitoring process the agent uses the ps output.
Note that when you use scripts, or other indirect mechanisms, to start processes, you must set the PidFile attribute when the ps output is different from the configured values for the PathName or Arguments attributes.
Type and dimension: string-scalar
Example: /var/lock/sendmail.pid
Example: "/var/lock/sendmail.pid"
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