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From: Andrew Stesin <stesin@gu.net>
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To: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com>
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Subject: Re: process monitoring tool (like SysV init)?
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On Tue, 20 May 1997, Paul Traina wrote:

> If one of the programs dies, it should restart it.  If it dies too quickly,
> it should back-off and log some error messages, ...

	... and also monitors UPS status and is aware of POWER_FAIL
	signal?

> This looks and feels a lot like a lobotomized system 5 init program.
> 
> Before I actually whack one out -- has anyone seen source code for
> something that has basicly these kinds of features already done for
> BSD?

	init itself?

> Paul
> 

Best regards,
Andrew Stesin

nic-hdl: ST73-RIPE