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From: Alec Kloss <alec@d2si.com>
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Subject: Re: Keeping a process running
In-Reply-To: <01BC5BA1.7F07A140@dans-zyga-pc.zyga.com> from Dan Wolfe at "May 8, 97 11:18:02 am"
To: dwolfe@zyga.com (Dan Wolfe)
Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 11:25:47 -0500 (CDT)
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Dan Wolfe is responsible for:
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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
> 

You could wrap another script around the staring of startslip:
	#!/bin/csh
	while (1)
	    startslip
	  end
which perhaps gives you the effect you want.  Of course, if something 
goes horribly wrong with startslip so it exits immediately, you've
got a CPU killing infinite loop.  

If you are using 'startslip' to start dip to dial in a slip
connection, I'd recommend smartening up the dip script to redial
automatically.