Fixing the issue when the process id vanishes.
@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ fn_stop_ark(){
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#
# check for a valid pid
pid=${pid//[!0-9]/}
let pid+=0 # turns an empty string into a valid number, '0',
# and a valid numeric pid remains unchanged.
if [[ $pid -gt 1 && $pid -le $(cat /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max) ]] ; then