checkmech

#! /bin/sh
#--------------------------------------------------
#          Cron script for EnergyMech 3.0
#--------------------------------------------------
#
# you can add this to your crontab (crontab -e) as
# something like:
#
# 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /path/to/checkmech
#
# this will check the mech every 10 minutes.
#
#--------------------------------------------------

echo "You havent edited checkmech yet!!"
exit 0

# CHANGE THIS LINE!!
cd /path/to/energymech/directory

# name of executable
RUN=./mech

# options passed to the energymech
# ( debug, non-default config file... )
OPT=

# example: debug output to `mech.debug' file
#OPT=-d -o mech.debug

# example: non-default configuration file
#OPT=-f othermech.conf

# Send output to...
OUTPUT=./mech.cron
#OUTPUT=/dev/null

if [ -r mech.pid ]; then
  PID=`cat mech.pid`
  if [ -r /proc/$PID ]; then
    exit 0
  fi
  if ( kill -0 $PID 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ); then
    exit 0
  fi
fi

# its not running...

echo >> $OUTPUT
echo "Mech restarted:" >> $OUTPUT
( date 2>&1 ) >> $OUTPUT
echo >> $OUTPUT
( $RUN $OPT 2>&1 ) >> $OUTPUT