.TH multiwatch 1 "March  24, 2009"
.SH NAME
multiwatch \- forks and watches multiple instances of a program in the same environment
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B multiwatch
[options] -- <application> [app arguments]

.B multiwatch
\-v

.B multiwatch
\-\-help | \-?
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fImultiwatch\fP is used to fork and watch multiple fastcgi backends.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 8
.B \-f, \-\-forks=childs
Number of childs to fork and watch(default 1)
.TP 8
.B \-r, --retry=retries
Number of retries to fork a single child
.TP 8
.B \-t, --timeout=msecs
Retry timeout in ms; if the child dies after the timeout the retry counter is reset
.TP 8
.B \-?, --help
General usage instructions
.TP 8
.B \-v, --version
Show version
.SH EXAMPLE
.TP 8
Spawn 2 rails instances on the same fastcgi socket (and supervise them):
.RS 8
.B spawn-fcgi -s /tmp/fastcgi-php.sock -C 0 -n /usr/bin/multiwatch -f 2 /home/rails/public/dispatch.fcgi
.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
spawn-fcgi(1)
.SH AUTHOR
Stefan Buehler <stbuehler@web.de>.