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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: httpd through cron
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 17:39:08 -0700
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James L Fox wrote:
] ---------
] Note:
] I know this group is FreeBSD and not SunOs or CERN but I also
] know that many posters/readers here are running web servers,
] understand cron, and might want to try to do what I'm doing
] with Apache on FreeBSD.
] ---------
]
] Here I am again, the only responder to my own post!
] I included all the dirty details of my problem after reading the
] criticisms here of people who ask questions without sufficient
] background information. Apparently I overdid it! Here's a
] stripped down version of my question... If you need more details,
] please refer back to the article referenced by this one.
It needs a /dev/tty, which it can't get if it is run by cron.
Instead, you should start it from /etc/rc.local, if you are
worried about it following a reboot.
If you are worried about it crashing and restarting, you can do
that using a "restart" script to watchdog it; something like:
#!/bin/sh
#
while true
do
echo "starting httpd" > /dev/console
httpd& # or whatever...
done
# not reached
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.