FreeBSD 4.8 local startup issues

[admin]

On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 22:42:24 -0700, K Anderson wrote
> admin wrote:
> > running:
> > FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE
> > 
> > okay I am having a strange issue.
> > 
> > after the last reboot after my FreeBSD machine became unreachable - and
> > required a power cycle.  mostly all processes listed in /usr/local/etc/rc.d
> > did not start.  this only happens very rarely and has happens after FreeBSD
> > crashed or is not brought down very cleanly.  can somebody recommend a way to
> > auto run these scripts - and make sure these files get executed on boot up.
> > 
> > how can I make sure processes are running correctly with automation.   
> > 
> > the following line exists in my /etc/defaults/rc.conf file:
> > 
> > --- snip ---
> > 
> > local_startup="/usr/local/etc/rc.d /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d" # startup script dirs.
> > 
> > --- snip ---
> > 
> > - noah
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> You can create some sort of cron task that checks for running 
> processes and if it doesn't see it then it starts it up accordingly.


okay cool.  thanks for responding.  do you have an example of a script that
can do this.  say the machine does not shut down properly - arent there stale
.pid files left behind.  how do I account for this in the cron job script? 
are there other ways to write this script to make sure things start properly
and remain running?

- Noah