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NAME

       restartd - process checker and/or reloader

DESCRIPTION

       Restartd is a daemon for checking running and not running processes. It
       reads the /proc directory every n seconds and does a  POSIX  regexp  on
       the process names. You can execute a script or a program if the process
       is or is not running.

       For executing, restard uses system(3).

       For  logging,  restartd  using  syslog  with   LOG_INFO   and   LOG_ERR
       facilities.

OPTIONS

       restartd follows the GNU command line syntax.

       -h, --help
              Displays a little help.

       -v, --version
              Show the version number and quit.

       -d, --debug
              Add very limited debugging.

       -i --interval
              The process check interval in seconds. The default is 20.

       -c --config
              Use     a    different    configuration    file    instead    of
              /etc/restartd.conf.

       -f --foreground
              Run  restartd  in  foreground   without   detaching   from   the
              controlling terminal.

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page was written by Tibor Koleszar <t.koleszar@somogy.hu>
       and updated by Aurélien GÉRÔME <ag@roxor.cx> for the  Debian  GNU/Linux
       system.

       Last modify: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:42:57 +0200

                                  14 Sep 2006