--- Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > #!/bin/bash > /etc/init.d/some-daemon-here restart
Better to use 'invoke-rc.d' here: invoke-rc.d <script> restart > which is effectively a "start-some-thing &" and quick return... > > or does it need to be the non-returning call to the daemon > itself, so that the daemon is a child of the "supervise" > process? if so, ick. I'm not quite sure what you're asking here. There's no need to background that (rather pointless) wrapper script, since the daemon will fork if its own accord. -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]