Dear all,

I want to control (start / stop / monitor its stdout and stderr) an external process (systemd / EPICS IOC shell script) from within MIDAS.

In order to make this as convenient as possible for the user, I want the process to behave just like any other MIDAS client:
- I can start it from the ODB as a program
- The process gets regularly polled from MIDAS to see whether it is still running
- I can stop the process from the ODB like any other program
- Optional, but highly appreciated: Its stdout and stderr should be a MIDAS message.

Did anyone already solve a similar problem?

Best regards
Stefan