Hello Curious question regarding this

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Hello Curious question regarding this What was the rational behind to end with ` ext` extension

Gilad Reich · Answer

To answer my own question <https osquery readthedocs io en stable installation cli flags daemon control flags> ```Force osqueryd to kill previously running daemons The daemon will check for an existing pidfile If found and if it contains a pid of a process named osqueryd the process will be killed ``` If that s the main reason then perhaps it could be done differently by just relying on the pid

seph · Answer

I m not sure how your quote here relates to the extension naming requirement

seph · Answer

Honestly I have no idea Digging through git I can trace it at least as far back as <https github com osquery osquery pull 848>