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.Dd October  7, 2023
.Dt KITD 8
.Os
.
.Sh NAME
.Nm kitd
.Nd process supervisor
.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl c Ar cooloff
.Op Fl n Ar name
.Op Fl t Ar restart
.Ar command ...
.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
daemon supervises
a child process,
redirecting its standard output
and standard error to
.Xr syslog 3 .
When the child process exits,
it is automatically restarted
using exponential backoff.
.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl c Ar cooloff
The interval in milliseconds
for which the child process must live
before the restart interval
is reset to its initial value.
The default interval is 15 minutes.
.It Fl d
Do not daemonize.
Log to standard error
as well as
.Xr syslog 3 .
.It Fl n Ar name
Set the name of the process
and the logging prefix.
The default is
the last path component of
.Ar command .
.It Fl t Ar restart
The initial interval in milliseconds
between automatic restarts.
This interval is doubled
each time the child process
is restarted.
The default interval is 1 second.
.El
.
.Pp
.Nm
responds to the following signals:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Dv SIGHUP
The child process is sent
.Dv SIGTERM
and restarted.
.It Dv SIGTERM , Dv SIGINT
The signal is forwarded to
the child process.
.Nm
exits.
.It Dv SIGINFO
The status of the child process
is logged.
.It Dv SIGUSR1 , Dv SIGUSR2
The signal is forwarded to
the child process.
.El
.
.Sh AUTHORS
.An June McEnroe Aq Mt june@causal.agency