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Take a look at erlexec:

http://code.google.com/p/erlexec/

I believe it does exactly what you need.

On 5/26/2012 5:06 AM, Benoit Chesneau wrote:
> I'm trying to find a way to manage some os processes launched from
> Erlang. For example I need to relaunch them when the external process
> die for an unknown reason or send an HUP signal or just stop the
> external process.
> =

> For now I'm using erlang ports to open an external process and detect
> when it die. I also send signals using the `os:cmd` and and always
> send a SIGKILL signal using the `os:cmd`before closing the port. But
> is there a better way to do that? Maybe a module somewhere ? I saw
> erlexec [1] but it doesn't seem to be maintained since a while.
> =

> =

> - beno=EEt
> =

> =

> [1] http://code.google.com/p/erlexec/
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