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+# forever
+
+A simple CLI tool for ensuring that a given script runs continuously (i.e. forever).
+
+## Installation
+
+### Installing npm (node package manager)
+<pre>
+  curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
+</pre>
+
+### Installing http-agent
+<pre>
+  [sudo] npm install forever
+</pre>
+
+## Usage 
+There are two distinct ways to use forever: through the command line interface, or by requiring the forever module in your own code.  
+
+### Using forever from the command line
+You can use forever to run any kind of script continuously (whether it is written in node.js or not). The usage options are simple:
+
+<pre>
+  usage: forever [FILE, ...] [options]
+
+  options:
+    -m MAX            Only run the specified script MAX times
+    -s, --silent      Run the child script silencing stdout and stderr
+    -h, --help        You're staring at it
+</pre>
+
+There are several samples designed to test the fault tolerance of forever. Here's a simple example: 
+
+<pre>
+  forever samples/error-on-timer.js -m 5
+</pre>
+
+### Using forever from node.js 
+You can also use forever from inside your own node.js code. 
+
+<pre>
+  var forever = require('forever');
+  
+  var child = new (forever.Forever)('your-filename.js'), {
+    max: 3,
+    silent: true,
+    options: []
+  });
+  
+  child.on('exit', this.callback);
+  child.run();
+</pre>
+
+Each forever object is an instance of the node.js core EventEmitter. There are several core events that you can listen for:
+
+* restart [err, forever]: Raised each time the target script is restarted
+* exit    [err, forever]: Raised when the call to forever.run() completes
+* stdout  [err, data]:    Raised when data is received from the child process' stdout
+* stderr  [err, data]:    Raised when data is received from the child process' stderr
+
+## Run Tests
+<pre>
+  vows test/*-test.js --spec
+</pre>
+
+#### Author: [Charlie Robbins](http://www.charlierobbins.com);
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diff --git a/lib/forever.js b/lib/forever.js
index 798e8702..5272f2bd 100644
--- a/lib/forever.js
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@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ var Forever = function (file, options) {
   
   this.times = 0;
   options.options.unshift(path.join(__dirname, file));
+  options.silent = options.silent || false;
+  options.forever = options.forever || false;
   this.options = options;
 };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
   },
   "keywords": ["cli", "fault tolerant", "sysadmin", "tools"],
   "dependencies": {
-    "optimist": ">= 0.0.3"
+    "optimist": ">= 0.0.3",
+    "vows": ">= 0.5.1"
   },
   "bin": { "forever": "./bin/forever" },
   "main": "./lib/forever",