RE: Watchdog software?

["Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Dean - that would be grand :)

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Dean Barrett
> Sent: 28 April 2007 09:57
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Watchdog software?
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> I've used a little windows app that had a free trial period, and it
> watched
> the program of choice and when it crashed it logged it and restarted
it.
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> I'm at work now - I'll look when I get home if its of interest.
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> Dean.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Paul Gale
> Sent: 28 April 2007 08:35
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Watchdog software?
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> Mmmm - I think it was an error box but not 100% sure now.
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> Paul.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of Steve Morgan
> > Sent: 28 April 2007 07:52
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Watchdog software?
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> > I've typically done this with some bespoke code before, as the
> > symptoms of the crash tend to vary between applications.
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> > Many apps will put up some kind of dialog box that reports an
error. A
> > watchdog can monitor such dialog boxes and kill the app.
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> > My weather station software used to just hang. I detected that by
> > monitoring a log file that it creates for changes. If no changes
are
> > made within a specific period of time, the watchdog assumes it's
> > crashed and restarts it.
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> > What are the symptoms of this app crashing?
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> > Steve
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of Paul Gale
> > Sent: 27 April 2007 17:18
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Watchdog software?
> >
> > Anyone aware of software that allows you to monitor any other
piece of
> > software i.e. a watchdog?
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> > I had an HA app crash the other day which provides important
charting
> > for my fish tank - went for several days without noticing it'd
crashed
> > :-(
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> > Would be excellent to be able to monitor several bits of s/w and
get
> > some kind of alert if they stopped responding :-)
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