[vdr] Re: check if vdr alive

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Juergen Schmidt wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I need a way to check regularly, if vdr is still alive (and working!).
> Ther are a couple of ways I can think of like
> 
> fuser /dev/ost/frontend0
> echo "quit" | nc loclahost 2001
> 
> Is there a "recommended" way to check this?
> 
> bye, juergen
> 
> PS: As I'm running 2 instances of vdr, I have to check, I cannot use the
> simple mechanism used in runvdr...

You could insert some code into the main program loop that regularly
touches a file, for instance. An external program could check the age
of that file and take whatever action you require if the file is older
than, say, 30 seconds.

Klaus
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