miau - yet another IRC-bouncer/proxy Code

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#! /bin/sh
#
# Put this line into your crontab (man crontab):
# 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /path/to/miau/miau-check >/dev/null 2>&1
#
# ...where /path/to/miau is likely either $HOME/miau or /usr/bin.
#
# This will check for a running miau every 10 minutes.
#

# Try to use locally installed miau if possible
MIAUBIN="$HOME/miau/miau"
test -f "$MIAUBIN" -a -x "$MIAUBIN" || MIAUBIN=miau

# If miau can't be found automatically, you must define the location here
# MIAUBIN=/somewhere/else/miau

echo $MIAUBIN

cd "$HOME/.miau/"
if test -r pid; then
	PID=`cat pid`
	if `kill -USR1 $PID >/dev/null 2>&1`; then
		exit 0
	fi
	rm -f pid
fi
echo "Starting miau..."
"$MIAUBIN"
exit 0