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  Vega  <jamessan  at  supybot  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)