--- loncom/Attic/lonc	2003/03/27 23:00:28	1.49
+++ loncom/Attic/lonc	2003/07/02 01:28:12	1.50
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # provides persistent TCP connections to the other servers in the network
 # through multiplexed domain sockets
 #
-# $Id: lonc,v 1.49 2003/03/27 23:00:28 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonc,v 1.50 2003/07/02 01:28:12 foxr Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -867,8 +867,8 @@ sub HUPSMAN {                      # sig
     local($SIG{CHLD}) = 'IGNORE';  # we're going to kill our children
     &hangup();
     &logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL: Restarting</font>");
-    unlink("$execdir/logs/lonc.pid");
     my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
+    unlink("$execdir/logs/lonc.pid");
     exec("$execdir/lonc");         # here we go again
 }