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From: Dan Wolfe <dwolfe@zyga.com>
To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Keeping a process running
Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 11:18:02 -0400
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Hi everyone,

I have a process called 'startslip' in FreeBSD that I want to periodically check using cron to make sure it is still running, and if it has stopped, to restart it.  Can anyone give ideas on the best way to accomplish this?

-Dan