Thank you. Please tell me how can I verify if the process is running.
Teddy, Teddy's Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher G Tantalo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Octavian Rasnita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 2:44 PM Subject: Re: Running a Perl program countinuously Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to make a Perl program that runs permanently without stopping. > How can I do this? > > I could run the program from shell using: > > nohup perl script.pl & > > ..... but if for some unknown reasons the process will be stopped, it won't > restart automaticly. > > How can I make it to start automaticly after stopping? > > If I will use a cron job, how can I verify if the process is running, to > decide if I need to start it or not on ... lets say each hour? > > Thank you. > > Teddy, hmmm, you could have another script that checks to see if the process is running, and if it is not, restart it. You could stick this check program in a cron to run every hour. If someone has a different idea, I would also like to know. The above is what I do now. chris -- ------------------------------- Just Your Friendly Neighborhood _SPIDEY_ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
