getting the number of instances of a process

[Lawrence, Wayne]

Hi 

i have a basic check that looks like this

 check process myprocess
           matching "myprocess"
           start = "/etc/init.d/myprocess start"
           stop  = "/etc/init.d/myprocess stop"

the process concerned doesn't use a pid file but starts a number of identical instances of the process.

is there any way in monit i can check how many instances of the process are running within a check and alert if it drops below that number?

Regards

Wayne