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 supy-
       bot(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)