Re: Keeping offlineimap running indefinately

[Daniel Skinner <skinner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Norbert, David, Robert
Thanks for the advice. I am not sure the best way to proceed yet - I 
plan to keep a closer eye on why offlineimap dies by using screen.

Will keep you updated if I figure out the best solution to my problem.

Daniel

Norbert Preining wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Sep 2008, Daniel Skinner wrote:
>   
>> What is the best way to get offlineimap running permanently and to 
>> automatically get it back on its feet if any type of exception occurs?
>>     
>
> Never tested, but you could doin the cron job a killall offlineimap and
> then start a new. Or ps aux | grep ^youruser | grep offlineimap etc.
> That way you ensure that no offlineimap is running before you fire up
> the new instance
>
> Best wishes
>
> Norbert
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Dr. Norbert Preining <preining@xxxxxxxx>        Vienna University of 
> Technology
> Debian Developer <preining@xxxxxxxxxx>                         Debian TeX 
> Group
> gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094      fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76  A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 
> B094
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ARAGLIN (n. archaic)
> A medieval practical joke played by young squires on a knight aspirant
> the afternoon he is due to start his vigil. As the knight arrives at
> the castle the squires attempt to raise the drawbridge very suddenly
> as the knight and his charger step on to it.
>                       --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff
>
>
>