.TH RESTARTD 8 "14 Sep 2006" "" ""
.SH NAME
restartd \- process checker and/or reloader
.SH 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.

.SH OPTIONS
restartd follows the GNU command line syntax.
.TP
.B -h, --help
Displays a little help.
.TP
.B -v, --version
Show the version number and quit.
.TP
.B -d, --debug
Add very limited debugging.
.TP
.B -i --interval
The process check interval in seconds. The default is 20.
.TP
.B -c --config
Use a different configuration file instead of /etc/restartd.conf.
.TP
.B -f --foreground
Run restartd in foreground without detaching from the controlling
terminal.
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Tibor Koleszar <t.koleszar@somogy.hu>
and updated by Aur\['e]lien G\['E]R\[^O]ME <ag@roxor.cx> for the Debian
GNU/Linux system.

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