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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4533- August  9, 2025
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 Unix Tip #4533- August  9, 2025
 
KEEP THOSE DAEMONS RUNNING  
  
Here is a script that will keep daemons running  
if the decide to die for some unforseen reason.  
  
This tip generously supported by: ken@theglobeandmail.com  
  
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#!/bin/csh  
#  
# NAME  
#   keepitup.csh - Keep demons up and running  
#  
# SYNOPSIS  
#   keepitup.csh  
#  
# DESCRIPTION  
#   If any of the following processes are down, then start them up  
#   again.   This script can be run every few minutes from a crontab.  
#  
# AUTHOR  
#   Ken Stevens   
  
foreach daemon (  
/opt/GIS/apps/EventDispatcher/scripts/EventDispatcher.pl  
/opt/GIS/apps/CatchFTP/scripts/ProcessFTP.pl  
/opt/GIS/apps/NewsHound/scripts/NewsHound.pl  
)  
  
ps -e | fgrep `echo $daemon:t | cut -c1-8` > /dev/null  
  
if ( $status > 0 ) then  
echo Restarting $daemon  
date  
$daemon &  
endif  
  
end  
  
  
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