#!/bin/bash # Pass one command-line argument: the URL to try retrieving to see if Apache is working if wget -q -t 1 -O /dev/null -T 5 $1; then echo "No problem" >/dev/null else /etc/init.d/apache2 restart echo "It seemed to be down at `date`." | mail -s "Apache restarted on `hostname`" admins@hcoop.net fi