.\" Process this file with .\" groff -man -Tascii supybot-botchk.1 .\" .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 (1) 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 McCoy <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.