NAME

       supybot-botchk - A script to start Supybot if it's not already running.

SYNOPSIS

       supybot-botchk [options]

DESCRIPTION

       supybot-botchk is a script that will start Supybot if it detects that one is not currently running.  This
       can be useful for scheduling supybot(1) to run via cron(8).

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Show summary of options.

       -v, --verbose
              Use verbose output when running the script.

       --botdir=BOTDIR
              Determines which directory the bot be started in.

       --pidfile=PIDFILE
              Specifies the name of the pidfile to look for.  This should be relative to the given botdir.

       --supybot=SUPYBOT
              Specifies the location of supybot(1).  If this is not given, it is assumed that supybot(1)  is  in
              the user's $PATH.

       --conffile=CONFFILE
              Specifies the path to the bot's configuration file.  This will be used when (re)starting the bot.

SEE ALSO

       python(1),  supybot(1),  supybot-test(1),  supybot-wizard(1),  supybot-adduser(1), supybot-plugin-doc(1),
       supybot-plugin-create(1)

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.

                                                   APRIL 2005                                  SUPYBOT-BOTCHK(1)