Index: utils/astcanary.c
===================================================================
--- utils/astcanary.c	(revision 239307)
+++ utils/astcanary.c	(working copy)
@@ -87,9 +87,10 @@
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int fd;
+	pid_t parent = getppid();
 	/* Run at normal priority */
 	setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, 0);
-	for (;;) {
+	for (; parent == getppid() ;) {
 		/* Update the modification times (checked from Asterisk) */
 		if (utime(argv[1], NULL)) {
 			/* Recreate the file if it doesn't exist */
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@
 		sleep(5);
 	}
 
-	/* Never reached */
+	/* End when the parent dies */
 	return 0;
 }