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        pid_file_write($$);
        INFO "Written to $pidfile";
    }

    if($as_user) {
        id_switch();
    }
 
        # close std file descriptors
    if(-e "/dev/null") {
        # On Unix, we want to point these file descriptors at /dev/null,
        # so that any libary routines that try to read form stdin or
        # write to stdout/err will have no effect (Stevens, APitUE, p. 426
        # and [RT 51066].
        open STDIN, '/dev/null';
        open STDOUT, '>>/dev/null';
        open STDERR, '>>/dev/null';
    } else {
        close(STDIN);
        close(STDOUT);
        close(STDERR);