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+description "Meshbird - distributed private networking"
+author "meshbird.com"
+
+respawn
+respawn limit 15 5
+
+start on runlevel [2345]
+stop on runlevel [06]
+
+exec /usr/local/bin/meshbird join 2>&1 >> /var/log/meshbird.log