07-26-2008
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Originally Posted by
jeffpas
[...] I just need a daemon process (script called 'dpr_daemon') to kick off once and restart if it is ever killed.
After checking through documentation, the logical step appears to be (level 2, normal) add to inittab w/this line:
mkitab "dprdaemon:2:respawn:/dplogs/dpr_daemon"
However, when I do this, I immediately find 10-25 dpr_daemons running on the box. [...]
I don't know SCO. As an AIX admin I'd probably create a subsystem and put it under control of the AIX System Resource Controler SRC. Start with the mkssys man page if that was an option.
However, if you want to stick to your setup - what if your script would check itself whether it is already running so that it would refrain from starting again while it is active?
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