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Date:      Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:23:48 +0200
From:      Jonathan McKeown <jonathan@hst.org.za>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: process always running
Message-ID:  <200811271623.48890.jonathan@hst.org.za>
In-Reply-To: <20081127134658.GA31551@mercury.meisternet.ch>
References:  <c60a46e50811270505q4d90d42p8f66daed977620c2@mail.gmail.com> <20081127134658.GA31551@mercury.meisternet.ch>

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On Thursday 27 November 2008 15:46:58 Dominik Meister wrote:
> Hi
>
> Gian Paolo Buono [Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 02:05:44PM +0100]:
> > there is a method in freebsd for  restart process whenever it terminates
> > ? I use in linux respawn in inittab...
>
> One possibility that comes to mind is using daemontools [0]. Should be
> in ports but there are probably easier ways to achieve this.

I've never tried it, but according to the manpage for init(8) you can get the 
same effect as a respawn entry in a sysV inittab by putting the command 
in /etc/ttys. Perhaps someone who's done it could comment?

Jonathan



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