From: Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezra@...>
Date: 2005-04-14T11:30:14+09:00
Subject: Re: making a persistent daemon?

Hey there list-
     I've written a small ruby script that runs on a colocated  
server. Every 20 minutes this program will ping our in house server  
and pull the headers and top of the index page on our website. If  
these tests fail I send emails and text messages to a few people.  
Just a basic monitoring app. My question is what is the best way of  
making this monitor a persistant daemon that will respawn if it quits  
for any reason. Sould I just use a cron job? Even if a cron job is  
best for this app I would still like to know the preferred way of  
making a persistant ruby daemon.
      Thanks in advanced for your responses.

-Ezra