script to check process is running !!

this script will ckeck if the partical process ( httpd , mysql . spamd ) ... will ckck every 10 minutes

#!/bin/sh
SERVICE=httpd\ mysqld\ spamd 

for i in $SERVICE
do
if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep $i > /dev/null
then
    echo "$i is  running!" | mail -s "$i is running everthings fine " agnello.dsouza@gmail.com
else
    echo "$i is not running"

/etc/init.d/$i
    echo "$SERVICE is not running!" | mail -s "$SERVICE down" agnello.dsouza@gmail.com
fi
 

crontab -e

*/10 * * * * /your/location/of/script

 

This works for me

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Regards
Agnello Dsouza
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