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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# To check if container is running and if found stopped it will restart it and also renews the unix socket.
+# Recommended to use with revive_pods.sh which is systemd service check certain containers hourly.
+
+for container in "$@"; do
+status=$(podman inspect -f '{{.State.Status}}' $container)
+    if [ "$status" = "exited" ]; then
+        podman start $container && echo "Container $container started" || echo "failed to start container $container"
+        rm /srv/http/$container && echo "reloaded clean socket file" || echo "failed to remove old socket file for $container"
+        systemctl --user restart $container.service && echo "service restarted" || echo "failed to restart service"
+
+    else
+
+        echo "Container $container is $status"
+    fi
+done