Ok...perhaps I should have been more specific....i am familiar with chron, grep and ps....how would I combine these to write a script to do this?? Dan Lansing -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Johnny Fulcrum Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 12:24 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [TCLUG] running services---beware of n00b yes! write a script to check if the process is running and restart if need be. Then run a that script though cron and at your desired frequncey. you could use ps -ef and grep for the process pid if you know it - or the process name... if there's only one running... TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list