Safetynet readme file
version: 1.15 (02/20/2001)
author : Evan Borgstrom (syntec at unixpimps.org)
For installation instructions and configuration help see the file INSTALL.
[ Overview ]
Safetynet is a system process monitor that allows for flexible
monitoring of processes and how they are handled upon being found
not running. It uses a straight forward configuration file and
provides a full set of options for job control including success
and failure commands as well as the ability to set jobs to an
ignored state so you may upgrade the daemon, change its config,
etc.
The program is written in perl and is very stable, once you set it in motion via a cron job you will not have to touch it except to add new processes to monitor.
[ Command Line ]
There are a few command line options for Safetynet, they are below:
--cron : will not output general diagnostic messages
unless there is a dead process.
--nomail : will not send mail when run in cron mode.
--config : will use <file> as opposed to the file defined in
the script
[ Contact ]
Any comments or questions can be directed to the email address
below, please feel free to make sugestions or changes.
Author: Evan Borgstrom
Email : syntec at unixpimps.org
WWW : http://www.unixpimps.org/safetynet
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