# mradev@xxxxxxxxx / 2005-09-08 11:31:25 +0300: > We have a daemon programme that acts as a pgsql client. It writes in a > DB the status of its own clients. And we have a different daemon that > needs to read that status information and decide upon it. The problem > is that the first daemon is a little fragile and from time to time it > crashes. I need to be able to monitor its connection to the PgSQL and > if it drops (times-out) to mark the status of all of its clients as > "unavailable" or "unknown". Do you prefer knowing that the daemon failed, or having it automaticly restarted the very same moment it crashes? If the latter, take a look at djb's daemontools, or one of its open source lookalikes (http://smarden.org/runit/, http://offog.org/code/freedt.html). -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings