--- ./sysklogd/syslogd.c.flx4-nopid	2006-03-30 22:32:43.000000000 +0200
+++ ./sysklogd/syslogd.c	2006-03-30 22:49:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
 
 static const char *logFilePath = __LOG_FILE;
 
+static const char *pidFilePath = NULL;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE
 /* max size of message file before being rotated */
 static int logFileSize = 200 * 1024;
@@ -507,6 +509,8 @@
 {
 	logMessage(LOG_SYSLOG | LOG_INFO, "System log daemon exiting.");
 	unlink(lfile);
+	if (pidFilePath)
+		unlink(pidFilePath);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
 	ipcsyslog_cleanup();
 #endif
@@ -795,7 +799,7 @@
 	char *p;
 
 	/* do normal option parsing */
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "m:nO:s:uSb:R:Ll:k:K:C::")) > 0) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "m:nO:p:s:uSb:R:Ll:k:K:C::")) > 0) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'm':
 			MarkInterval = atoi(optarg) * 60;
@@ -806,6 +810,9 @@
 		case 'O':
 			logFilePath = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'p':
+			pidFilePath = optarg;
+			break;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE
 		case 's':
 			logFileSize = atoi(optarg) * 1024;
@@ -885,8 +892,6 @@
 		*p = '\0';
 	}
 
-	umask(0);
-
 	if (doFork == TRUE) {
 #if defined(__uClinux__)
 		vfork_daemon_rexec(0, 1, argc, argv, "-n");
@@ -896,7 +901,18 @@
 #endif /* __uClinux__ */
 		close(0); close(1); close(2);
 		open("/dev/null", O_RDWR); dup(0); dup(0);
+		if (pidFilePath != NULL) {
+			FILE *f;
+
+			f = fopen(pidFilePath, "w+");
+			if (f != NULL) {
+				fprintf(f, "%d\n", getpid());
+				fclose(f);
+			}
+		}
 	}
+	umask(0);
+
 	doSyslogd();
 
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
--- ./include/usage.h.orig	2006-03-30 23:08:03.000000000 +0200
+++ ./include/usage.h	2006-03-30 23:09:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -2909,6 +2909,7 @@
 	"\t-O FILE\t\tUse an alternate log file (default=/var/log/messages)\n" \
 	"\t-S\t\tMake logging output smaller." \
 	"\n\t-u\t\tDo not bind to UNIX socket /dev/log." \
+	"\n\t-p PIDFILE\tWrite background process ID to this file." \
 	USAGE_ROTATE_LOGFILE( \
 	"\n\t-s SIZE\t\tMax size (KB) before rotate (default=200KB, 0=off)\n" \
 	"\t-b NUM\t\tNumber of rotated logs to keep (default=1, max=99, 0=purge)") \