--- Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > for daemon-config-file-settings, i'm more comfortable specifying > the whole path. less chance of intervention or misdirection > based on $PATH mungings...
/etc/init.d is not in $PATH, and as such scripts are run as root anyway, invoke-rc.d is perfect still. > is invoke-rc.d similar to the "service" function on other > distros? (sarge already has a "_service" for bash to facilitate > command-line word completion... and i understand that the > "service" function/script/alias is on its way.) It's a little similar, yes. > 1) there seems to be no facility for checking for a daemon > process, only the ./run process (i.e. child processes of > supervise) If that is the case, then the script (and overall design) is very broken, and I would avoid it. > unless i misunderstand, this seems to be a "run-and-monitor home > grown programs and scripts, do your system daemon resurrection > elsewhere"... no? monit has already been suggested along with 'daemontools'. > btw -- "restartd" seems to be just the item we're looking for. > it's a bit terse, too, but it monitors already-running items and > lets you specify a command to resurrect (or terminate) > accordingly. not too advanced, and needs better documentation, > but it works just fine -- at least, for us. -- 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]