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respawn syntax?

Asked by Quentin Stafford-Fraser

It looks, from the log files and examples, as if the respawn syntax has changed?

I used to do
  respawn <command>

Now I think I should do

  exec <command>
  respawn

Is that right? I couldn't see any documentation about respawning anywhere - I may have missed it...

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Quentin Stafford-Fraser (quentinsf) said : 		#1

Oh, and PS, Scott -

upstart is wonderful! Many thanks!

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Stu Hood (stuhood) said : 		#2

I remember Scott mentioning it in the release notes for Upstart 0.3.7. You have the correct syntax!

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* The "respawn COMMAND" short-cut for specifying both "respawn" and
   "exec" in the same stanza has been removed. Jobs that previously
   used syntax such as:

       respawn /sbin/getty 38400 tty1

   Should be changed to use:

       exec /sbin/getty 38400 tty1
       respawn

   While the shortcut saved a little typing, it caused confusion and
   hid the fact that "exec" and "script" were both options for
   respawning services.

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Best Quentin Stafford-Fraser (quentinsf) said : 		#3

Many thanks Stu.

I don't think there's any reference in the docs at the moment to the fact that respawn is even possible...