multiwatch(1)

NAME

multiwatch - forks and watches multiple instances of a program in the same environment

SYNOPSIS

multiwatch [options] -- <application> [app arguments]

multiwatch -v

multiwatch --help | -?

DESCRIPTION

multiwatch is used to fork and watch multiple fastcgi backends.

OPTIONS

-f, --forks=childs

Number of childs to fork and watch(default 1)

-r, --retry=retries

Number of retries to fork a single child

-t, --timeout=msecs

Retry timeout in ms; if the child dies after the timeout the retry counter is reset

-?, --help

General usage instructions

-v, --version

Show version

EXAMPLE

Spawn 2 rails instances on the same fastcgi socket (and supervise them):

spawn-fcgi -s /tmp/fastcgi-rails.sock -C 0 -n /usr/bin/multiwatch -f 2 /home/rails/public/dispatch.fcgi

SEE ALSO

spawn-fcgi(1)

AUTHOR

Stefan Buehler <stbuehler@web.de>.

March 24, 2009 multiwatch(1)