I'm asking in both contexts: technically and stylistically.

Can my application/daemon keep a pidfile in /opt/my_app/run/?

Is it very bad to do so?

My need is this: my daemon runs under a specific user, and the implementor must mkdir a new directory in /var/run, chown, and chgrp it to make my daemon run. Seems easier to just keep the pidfile local (to the daemon).

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