Overwatch Status Monitor

In order to insure that overwatch.py is running (the python script which performs face recognition) I have created a bash script which will fire every hour at 15 min past. This is accomplished by using the following bash script called chk.sh (Borrowed from quickcpm) (Change the directory structure to the one you are using for the overwatch scripts) Be sure to chmod so it is executable. ** Note that it is only checking for python running. If you have multiple python scripts running you will need to alter it. /home/pi/overwatch/chk.sh #!/bin/bash ps cax | grep python > /dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo "overwatch is running." else echo "Starting overwatch." x-terminal-emulator -e sudo /home/pi/overwatch/overwatch.sh fi exit crontab -e 15 * * * * /home/pi/overwatch/chk.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 # overwatch monitor At 15 minutes past every hour, the script will check to see if python is processing and if not, restart it.