Use cron to check if server error alive?

[paros]

Is it posible to use cron scheduler to check if a specific Web server is alive and running?

[Jocko]

hi Paros,

Yes, you should be able to do it.

If no pid file exist with your server, you can use the ps command, like this For example with btsync server

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ps -ef|grep btsync|grep -c grep

. You get 1 if it is running and 0 if not.

if you have a pid file, you can use the command line, still with btsync server:

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cat /proc/`cat /var/run/btsync.pid`/cmdline|grep -c btsync

you get 0 if it is not running and >0 if it is running