This file runs in a cronjob every minute to check if logger.py is currently an actively running process. One limitation to this is that if a netsplit occurs the process will still be running but the connection to the server might not exist anymore or the

logger.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Checks to see if loggy.py is running
"""

import os
import time
from subprocess import *

i = 0

while i <= 59:
    i += 1
    FLAG = False

    pids = [pid for pid in os.listdir('/proc') if pid.isdigit()]

    for pid in pids:
        if os.path.exists('/proc/' + pid + '/cmdline'):
            try:
                f = open("/proc/%s/cmdline" % (pid), 'rb').read()
            except:
                continue
            if "osuosc" in f:
                FLAG = True

    if FLAG == False:
        pid = Popen(["/usr/bin/python",
                     "/var/www/yanovich.net/public/logs/loggy.py",
                     "loggyjr",
                     "irc://irc.freenode.net/osuosc",
                     "/var/www/yanovich.net/public/logs/",
                     "https://yanovich.net/logs/"]).pid
        continue

    time.sleep(1)