On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 16:39, Gary Nichols wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 11:41, elemint@cox.net wrote:
> > > I am running Debian sid and have a startup script that I want to start
> > > at every reboot the only problem is that it is a program that needs to
> > > stay running not just execute once and then exit.  What is the best
> > > way to achieve this?  I have read through several of my reference
> > > books and also tried Google but no luck.
> 
> I think what you're asking is how to make sure that a process is always 
> running - even after it dies for whatever reason.
> 
> Do a google search for a little program (I think it's on freshmeat) called 
> "process_checker".  I use it on my webservers to make sure that apache is 
> always running. 
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I like the *nix equivalent to the swiss army knife...

http://www.webmin.com - has this ability and so very much more.

Craig