[systemd-devel] check to see if service is still alive

[Thomas Güttler]

Am 26.05.2016 um 10:14 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> 2016-05-26 9:55 GMT+02:00 Thomas Güttler <guettliml at thomas-guettler.de>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a service which sends "I am alive" (WATCHDOG=1) via sd_notify.
>>
>> Sometimes the custom service fails, but still sends the WATCHDOG=1.
>
> Why does your service continue to send WATCHDOG=1 events when it failed?
>
>> Now "systemctl status" says that the service is running, but in reality
>> it is failed.
>
> If your service still sends WATCHDOG=1 events when it actually failed,
> then your service is doing something wrong and needs to be fixed.


Yes, of course it needs to be fixed. But bugs like this can appear again.
I want to know if the service is alive, not if some part of the service
is still able to send WATCHDOG=1.

Regards,
   Thomas Güttler

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