nigel@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au (Nigel Harwood) (07/30/90)
I have an X.25 communications program which operates as a demon and is totally disconnected from any controlling terminal etc. It is possible though for this program to stop due to some error or other and I am trying to decide how best to restart it. The most natural solution to come to mind was that I put it in /etc/inittab and ask it to respawn it. In which case I could always be sure it was running. It is currently started by /etc/rc. My question then is, on what basis are programs either started by /etc/rc or /etc/inittab. Does anyone have any rules they use ? Any drawbacks which are not obvious ? Regards -- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Nigel Harwood >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Post: Coles Myer Ltd, PO Box 2000 Tooronga 3146, Australia >> << Phone: +61 3 829 6090 E-mail: nigel@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>