Cron Job that Boots Screen at Start

Posted by Pez Cuckow on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Pez Cuckow
Published on 2011-01-08T20:19:28Z Indexed on 2011/01/08 20:56 UTC
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I am trying to set up a number of processes that start during boot (servers for games) with the below command as the cron item:

@reboot /usr/bin/screen -fa -d -m -S NAME COMMAND

However if the server crashes for what ever reason screen closes and the server doesn't get a chance to run it's auto restart (as far as I understand; screen sees no processes in the socket and so closes).

Is there a way that I can get around this so screen will sit there even if nothing is running in it?

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