[ale] Perl script to check process

[tim at cliftonfarm.org (Tim Watts)]

Does it have to be Perl?  It's simple enough to do in bash:

#!/bin/bash
while ((1)); do
	if (ps -fe | grep -v "grep" | grep -P "\Wxboard\W??" >/dev/null); then 
		{your-start-invocation-here}
	fi
	sleep 30
done

Would need to refine that 2nd grep if you get more than one hit.

Alternatively, create a pid file when you invoke xboard and grep for
that pid.


On Mon, 2012-01-09 at 15:31 +0000, johnpollock at bellsouth.net wrote:
> Am hoping someone that knows perl can help..
> 
> I have chess program I run as a bot, the program is called xboard.
> 
> What I'm hoping to accomplish is acquire a perl script that would
> check if it is running and if not restart it.
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> JP
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