Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!mitra!larry
From: larry@mitra.mitra.com (Larry Williamson)
Subject: unix process control with perl
Organization: Mitra Imaging Corp.
Date: 10 Apr 91 15:49:20
Message-ID: <LARRY.91Apr10154921@mitra.mitra.com>
Sender: larry@mitra.com (Larry Williamson)


I have need of a system that can be used to startup a bunch of
programs. This system should be able to restart any process that has
died, or if desired, flag the death (ie. via syslog()).  The bunch of
programs to control should be obtained from an ascii file.

All in all, something similiar to the /etc/init & /etc/inittab on
System V machines.

There is an example of something similiar in 'the camel book'. I will
use that as a start, but am interested in something more complete if
it is available. 

I suppose it does not *have* to be a perl solution, but... :-)

Thanks.

-Larry