From: Chad Perrin <code@...>
Date: 2012-06-07T04:52:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby script running standalone on vserver

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 08:22:34PM +0900, Robert Klemme wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Peter Hickman
> <peterhickman386@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > If the script needs to be run continuously then a tool like monit
> > (which you would have to install) would be worth looking at. It will
> > keep the script running even if it crashes, it will just restart it if
> > things go wrong and make sure that it starts when your sever reboots.
> >
> > Or you could just write a script for /etc/init.d that launches your
> > script at boot time and pray that it never crashes (which is why I
> > would recommend monit).
> 
> If output to stdout is needed then screen might also help.

. . . or, better yet, tmux.

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