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+.TH SUPYBOT\-BOTCHK 1 "APRIL 2005"
+.SH NAME
+supybot\-botchk \- A script to start Supybot if it's not already running.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B supybot\-botchk
+.RI [ options ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B
+supybot\-botchk
+is a script that will start Supybot if it detects that one is not currently
+running.  This can be useful for scheduling
+.IR supybot
+to run via
+.IR cron (8).
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BR \-h ", " \-\^\-help
+Show summary of options.
+.TP
+.BR \-v ", " \-\^\-verbose
+Use verbose output when running the script.
+.TP
+.BI \-\^\-botdir=" BOTDIR
+Determines which directory the bot be started in.
+.TP
+.BI \-\^\-pidfile=" PIDFILE
+Specifies the name of the pidfile to look for.  This should be relative
+to the given botdir.
+.TP
+.BI \-\^\-supybot=" SUPYBOT
+Specifies the location of
+.IR supybot (1).
+If this is not given, it is assumed that
+.IR supybot (1)
+is in the user's $PATH.
+.TP
+.BI \-\^\-conffile=" CONFFILE
+Specifies the path to the bot's configuration file.  This will be used
+when (re)starting the bot.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.IR python (1),
+.IR supybot (1),
+.IR supybot\-test (1),
+.IR supybot\-wizard (1),
+.IR supybot\-adduser (1),
+.IR supybot\-plugin\-doc (1),
+.IR supybot\-plugin\-create (1)
+.SH AUTHOR
+This manual page was originally written by James Vega
+<vega dot james at gmail dot com>.  Permission is granted to copy,
+distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the Supybot
+license, a BSD\-style license.