#!/bin/sh # To check for your ircd every 10 minutes, put the following line in your # crontab: # 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /home/mydir/ircdchk # And if you don't want to get email from crontab when it restarts you ircd, # put the following in your crontab: # 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /home/mydir/ircdchk >/dev/null 2>&1 # # change this to the directory you run your ircd from: dir="/home/yourdir/solid-ircd/" # This needs to be the ircd.pid file relative to the dir # specified above or by full path. ircdname="etc/ircd.pid" ########## I wouldnt want to touch anything below this line if i where you. ########## ircdexe="ircd" cd $dir if test -r $ircdname; then # There is a PID file.. lets find out if its alive. ircdpid=`cat $ircdname` if `kill -CHLD $ircdpid >/dev/null 2>&1`; then # Its still running, back out quietly... exit 0 fi echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" echo " Stale $ircdname file (erasing it)" rm -f $ircdname fi echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" echo " Your $ircdexe process have died." echo " Lets look at the uptime for clues...." echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" uptime echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" echo " Now attempting to bring it back to life" ./$ircdexe exit 0