Script to restart a terminal command in xterm if a server stops running.

[asmodaeus]

So, basically, what I want to do is execute this command and make it so that, if the server shuts down, that it automatically runs the command again.

 sudo xterm -hold -e sudo minetest --server --worldname public1

Any ideas? Do I need to make a .sh file that loops itself or something like that? Thank you.

[TheFu]

If you need to run a daemon, it would be best to use the built-in OS methods for doing this. Examples are in /etc/init.d/ Then setup a watch/monitor that checks if it is still running or not, then restarts it.

This shows how to do it with "upstart":
https://askubuntu.com/questions/2515...tart-a-process
Please don't use this for GUI stuff. That is bad - what happens when nobody is logged in and there isn't any X/Windows server running? It will be bad.

There is also the inittab - I'm not seeing that on a box here - ah - because upstart replaces it. That means that systemd will replace upstart and need a new way.