NAME

rc.sc_dbwatch - Database watcher

SYNOPSIS

rc.sc_dbwatch	start
rc.sc_dbwatch	restart
rc.sc_dbwatch stop

DESCRIPTION

  rc.sc_dbwatch	start
	Start the db watcher and configured db daemons
	any previously running db tasks are first terminated
	with a SIGTERM and if the do not respond with a SIGKILL

  rc.sc_dbwatch restart
	Previous instance of rc.sc_dbwatch is terminated 
	with a SIGTERM or SIGKILL if unresponsive. Configured
	db daemons are terminated using the STOP method in
	the sc_dbwatch.conf file. sc_dbwatch then uses the 
	start method described above to terminate any other
	db tasks and restart the configured daemons.

  rc.sc_dbwatch	stop
	Previous instance of rc.sc_dbwatch is terminated
	with a SIGTERM or SIGKILL if unresponsive. Configured
	db daemons are terminated using the STOP method in
	the sc_dbwatch.conf file.

The rc.sc_dbwatch daemon expects its configuration file to contain information about all daemons that will use the database. Cron jobs are not configured though they will be blocked or killed if they register their PID and if there is a database fault.

AUTHOR

Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2003, Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com> This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GPL software license.