I'd check out the daemontools package. http://cr.yp.to/ddaemontools.html This tool has features to do what you want, plus a hole host of other stuff. An alternative would be to use a script to monitor for changes in process status, but this would be clumsy at best. -- Joseph C. Lininger jbahm at pcdesk.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ma-linux at tux.org>; <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:13 AM Subject: Question about using pid > I have a command that starts a process. Should that process die whilst > I'm not at my computer, I want a script to restart it. > > How do I do this? What doc might I read that would provide examples? > > I presume I should launch the process so that it's pid is written to a > file, and then I can just test for the running pid? > > But, I don't know how to go forward with this, so would appreciate all > advice and direction. > > > -- > > Janina Sajka > Email: janina at rednote.net > Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Director, Technology Research and Development > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > http://www.afb.org > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > Free Standards Group > http://accessibility.freestandards.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
