Hello, I need a way to check regularly, if vdr is still alive (and working!). Ther are a couple of ways I can think of like fuser /dev/ost/frontend0 echo "quit" | nc loclahost 2001 Is there a "recommended" way to check this? bye, juergen PS: As I'm running 2 instances of vdr, I have to check, I cannot use the simple mechanism used in runvdr...