> While thinking about it, you could have a single program (run from init > perhaps) that: > 1) Watches for the timestamp being older than x minutes > 2) Generates a file to drop in the outbound directory every few minutes > 3) Reads a config file on each loop so you can change the settings (i.e. > turn it off, lengthen time of each loop)
What if that process gets killed or produces an error? I think it would be better to use cron to start the prog every minute or so. > It's important to be able to stop the watchdog easily, as it makes it hard > to do maintenence when the watchdog keeps bringing the server back up.... > :-) Deactivate the cron job or make the prog check for a 'lock'-file... -- Maik Schmitt http://graphics.cs.uni-sb.de/VoIP
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