topic How do you remove a stale pid file on a Splunk 4.2.5 forwarder in Getting Data In

topic How do you remove a stale pid file on a Splunk 4.2.5 forwarder in Getting Data In https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-do-you-remove-a-stale-pid-file-on-a-Splunk-4-2-5-forwarder/m-p/150384#M30571 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:47:17 GMT johnw10 2014-12-12T21:47:17Z How do you remove a stale pid file on a Splunk 4.2.5 forwarder https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-do-you-remove-a-stale-pid-file-on-a-Splunk-4-2-5-forwarder/m-p/150384#M30571 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:47:17 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-do-you-remove-a-stale-pid-file-on-a-Splunk-4-2-5-forwarder/m-p/150384#M30571 johnw10 2014-12-12T21:47:17Z Re: How do you remove a stale pid file on a Splunk 4.2.5 forwarder https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-do-you-remove-a-stale-pid-file-on-a-Splunk-4-2-5-forwarder/m-p/150385#M30572 <P>Try this location to find the splunk's stale PID file.</P> <PRE><CODE>$splunkforwarder$/var/run/splunk </CODE></PRE> <P>Sample command.</P> <PRE><CODE>rm $splunkforwarder$/var/run/splunk/splunkd.pid </CODE></PRE> Fri, 12 Dec 2014 22:49:01 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-do-you-remove-a-stale-pid-file-on-a-Splunk-4-2-5-forwarder/m-p/150385#M30572 somesoni2 2014-12-12T22:49:01Z