#!/bin/bash # watchdog script for monitord # add this script to your crontab by using `crontab -e` # "monitord status" returns 0 if it is not running /etc/init.d/monitord status >> /dev/null # try to restart if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "not running... trying to restart" /etc/init.d/monitord start if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "failed!" fi fi