Ahtenus/minecraft-init — pull request #95 by sockenklaus (2012-10-22 19:30:32+00:00)
Title: Pidfile

This creates a pid-file in $MCPATH, so the minecraft server can be observed with tools like [monit](http://mmonit.com/monit/). Also the `ps ax` check, whether the server is running or not, is less strict, as long as there is a valid pid-file.
As a result, you now can modify the invocation in the config file during runtime and restart the server without screwing things up. ;)