[vdr] Re: vdr Restarting Tool (cron Job + Perl)

["Ulrich Petri" <ulope@gmx.de>]

Matthias Lötzke wrote:
> 
> Dein Text:
> >> Maybe one could telnet to port 2001 on localhost. If there 
> is no reaction
> >> within a certain time limit, it's most likely that vdr is gone.
> > 
> 
> > I am wondering if this tool (might be a perl script) 
> already exists. Does
> > anybody know one ?
> > Otherwise i have to start my brain for a coding session.
> 
> 

You might want to try the daemontools package from Dan j. Bernstein
(http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html)

This tool is designed to restart crashed daemons...

CU Ulrich