On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:35:01 -0500 "Lansing, Dan" <Dan.Lansing at AndersenCorp.com> wrote: >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?? Try this (salt to taste): #!/bin/sh PIDLIST=`/sbin/pidof progname` if [ -z "$PIDLIST" ]; then echo "progname died, restarting"; /cmd/to/start/progname fi Put that in a file, chmod +x and then add an entry in cron: 0-59/15 * * * * /path/to/script Jay _______________________________________________ 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