Index: trunk/ippTasks/pstamp.pro
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--- trunk/ippTasks/pstamp.pro	(revision 29144)
+++ trunk/ippTasks/pstamp.pro	(revision 29329)
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@
 $pstampRevDep_DB = 0
 $pstampCleanup_DB = 0
+$pstampStopFaulted_DB = 0
 
 # set PS_DBSERVER if postage stamp database host is not the same as the value for DBSERVER in site.config
@@ -90,7 +91,4 @@
         active false
     end
-    task pstamp.job.revert
-        active false
-    end
     task pstamp.dependent.load
         active false
@@ -108,4 +106,7 @@
         active true
     end
+    task pstamp.stopfaulted
+        active true
+    end
 end
 macro pstamp.revert.off
@@ -114,4 +115,7 @@
     end
     task pstamp.dependent.revert
+        active false
+    end
+    task pstamp.stopfaulted
         active false
     end
@@ -845,2 +849,43 @@
     end
 end
+
+task pstamp.stopfaulted
+    host        local
+
+    periods     -poll $LOADPOLL
+    periods     -exec 30
+    periods     -timeout 300
+    npending    1
+
+    task.exec
+        stderr $LOGSUBDIR/pstamp.stopfaulted.log
+        stderr $LOGSUBDIR/pstamp.stopfaulted.log
+        $run = pstampstopfaulted
+        if ($DB:n == 0)
+            option DEFAULT
+        else 
+            $run = $run $PS_DBSERVER -dbname $DB:$pstampStopFaulted_DB
+            $pstampStopFaulted_DB ++
+            if ($pstampStopFaulted_DB >= $DB:n) set pstampStopFaulted_DB = 0
+        end
+        add_poll_args run
+        add_poll_labels run
+        command $run
+    end
+
+    task.exit $EXIT_SUCCESS
+        # nothing to do
+    end
+
+    task.exit   default
+        showcommand failure
+    end
+
+    task.exit   crash
+        showcommand crash
+    end
+
+    task.exit   timeout
+        showcommand timeout
+    end
+end