Re: restarting ffmpeg process

[Kevin Chadwick]

previously on this list Anthony Griffiths contributed:

> Is there a way that monit can monitor the ffmpeg process and run the
> command that restarts it?

I used to use a pgrep script which is better than a pid file in almost
all cases. monit has supported the same functionality for a couple of
years or so. Check the manual and usually using a start or end of line
regex is helpful.

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I have no idea why RTFM is used so aggressively on LINUX mailing lists
because whilst 'apropos' is traditionally the most powerful command on
Unix-like systems it's 'modern' replacement 'apropos' on Linux is a tool
to help psychopaths learn to control their anger.

(Kevin Chadwick)

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