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fixproc(1)

📝 Name

fixproc - Fixes a process by performing the specified action.

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
✅ Check if a process is running	fixproc -exist proc	Checks if proc exists in process list and respects min/max limits
🛑 Kill a process	fixproc -kill proc	Kills process, waits 5 seconds, then kill -9 if still running
🔄 Restart a process	fixproc -restart proc	Kills process (with kill -9 fallback) then starts it again
🔧 Fix process based on config	fixproc -fix proc	Checks process against database and performs defined action if check fails

📋 Synopsis

fixproc [-min n] [-max n] [-check | -kill | -restart | -exist | -fix] proc ...

📖 Description

Fixes a process named "proc" by performing the specified action. The actions can be check, kill, restart, exist, or fix. The action is specified on the command line or is read from a default database, which describes the default action to take for each process. The database format and the meaning of each action are described below.

⚙️ Options

• -min n 🔢 minimum number of processes that should be running, defaults to 1
• -max n 🔢 maximum number of processes that should be running, defaults to 1
• -check ✅ check process against database /local/etc/fixproc.conf.
• -kill 🛑 kill process, wait 5 seconds, kill -9 if still exist
• -restart 🔄 kill process, wait 5 seconds, kill -9 if still exist, then start again
• -exist 🔍 checks if proc exists in ps && (min <= num. of processes <= max)
• -fix 🔧 check process against database /local/etc/fixproc.conf. Perform defined action, if check fails.

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