#!/bin/bash
if [`pgrep apache2 -c` -le "0" ];
then
    /etc/init.d/apache2 stop pkill -u www-data /etc/init.d/apache2 sta
+rt echo "restarting....." SUBJECT="Apache auto restart"
    # Email To ? EMAIL="me@mydomain.com"
    # Email text/message EMAILMESSAGE="apache auto restart done"
    # send an email using /bin/mail /bin/mail -s "$SUBJECT" "$EMAIL" "
+$EMAILMESSAGE"
fi
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Hello,

if, as wise Marshall said, if your are the Anonymous Monk who run Apache on windows you can follow the Marshall advice about on fail service configuration, or you can create a Perl wrap around some windows commands.

See SC and NET (service) commands.

This can be something to start with (UNTESTED!!):

# the Apache checker is running forever
while (1){
  my $status
                            # put here the right name of the Apche ser
+vice
  open my $check, "sc query W32Time|" or die "unable to run the check.
+.";
  while (<$check>){
     if ($_ =~ /STATUS\s+:\s(\d\s\w+)$/){
        $status = $1;
        last;
     }
  }
  close $check;
  print scalar localtime(time), " Apache is in the state: ",$status,"\
+n";
  unless ($status eq '4 RUNNING'){
       print "Apache is not running! Trying a restart\n";
       open my $start, 'NET START "W32Time"|' or die "Unable to attemp
+t restart!";
       print while <$start>;
       # add more actions: mail, event write...
  }
  sleep 60; # or another reasonable amount of time..
}
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HtH

L*

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