Looking for a watchdog for background processes and files

[Toni S <tstonisaim@googlemail.com>]

Hi all,

I am looking for a debian package, which can do the following:

- supervision of other background processes
- taking actions when the other background process dies (i.e.
restarting, starting recovery procedures, sending email, etc ... )

Is there another package doing similar things for files:
- supervising whether a specific file exists
- taking action when file is deleted

I know all this can be solved by writing small (or large)
shellscripts, but I'd like to know whether there are useful existing
packages.

Thanks for any help