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+====== Check Process by Pattern Match ======
+Sometimes when a daemon really cannot create a PID file, the ''procmatch'' feature can be used to monitor a process. In order to do this, with the process running, first issue:
+<code bash>
+ps ax | grep <PATTERN>
+</code>
+where ''<PATTERN>'' is part of the name of the process you want to match and then issue:
+<code bash>
+monit procmatch <PATTERN>
+</code>
+where ''<PATTERN>'' is the same pattern you used before.
+After that, a monit configuration file can be changed, from:
+<code>
+check process myprocess with pidfile /var/run/myprocess.pid
+</code>
+to:
+<code>
+check process myprocess matching "<PATTERN>"
+</code>
+in order to match a process by the ''<PATTERN>'' you used.