I think I realise now what the (simple) problem is. monit does not line '/bin/sh /root/stream-start.sh', I need to use something else but I don't know what.
On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 7:09 AM, Weedy <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/05/14 06:03 PM, Anthony Griffiths wrote: > > I wrote a script called stream-start.sh that follows your instructions > > but even though ffmpeg starts fine it does not create a pid file. I > > created this: > > *long-ffmpeg-command &* > > *pid=$!* > > *echo $pid > /var/run/stream.pid* > cat > /root/start-stream.sh > #!/bin/sh > if [ ! -d /var/run/ ]; then mkdir -p /var/run/; fi > if [ -f /var/run/stream.pid ]; then rm /var/run/stream.pid; fi > > /usr/bin/ffmpeg -a -lot -of -options & > sleep 3 # make sure it's given enough time to start/die?? > echo $(pidof --single-shot ffmpeg) > /var/run/stream.pid > > <hit ctrl+d after at least one blank line> > chmod +x /root/start-stream.sh # not really needed > > but this didn't work and and after trawling google and trying a few > > variations the script still does not create a pid file. > > > > in monitrc I have: > > *check process stream with pidfile /var/run/stream.pid* > > * start = "/usr/bin /root/start-stream.sh"* > > and monit starts without any complaints > > I... what? /usr/bin is a directory. This is probably why $! failed for > you, your not running the file with a specific interpreter. Hard code > the interpreter so this never happens again. > > start = "/bin/sh /root/start-stream.sh" > > -- > To unsubscribe: > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monit-general >
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