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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 (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.