[lug] linux process supervision

[Carl.Wagner at Level3.com]

Look at /etc/inittab  and the command respawn


Carl.

"Ferdinand P. Schmid" wrote:
> 
> HI,
> I wrote some scripts and a C++ application for one of my systems that I
> would like to keep running at all times.  During my tests for running these
> processes in the background I found that for some reason they sometimes go
> away (crash or die).  So here is my question:
> 
> Services that are started out of inetd are watched out for by inetd (same
> thing for tcpserver).  So if they crash or die inetd restarts them
> immediately.  Is there a facility in Linux that I could use to take care of
> my own basic processes that are note internet related?  I would of course
> like to do this in a way that is not considered bad style - if there is
> such a thing.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ferdinand
> 
> --
> Ferdinand Schmid
> Architectural Energy Corporation
> http://www.archenergy.com
> (303) 444-4149
> 
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