copy the seastatus before first start after boot time

after a crash the previous seastatus is not read correctly
for debugging reasons we should check if the status file is
invalid

seaman.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import sys
 import time
 import termios
 import subprocess
+import psutil
 import os
 import re
 from os.path import join, exists
@@ -112,8 +113,26 @@ class SeaManager(ServiceManager):
                 except Exception:
                     pass
                 os.system('cp %s ./' % sea_server_src)
+        if service == 'sea':
+            # debugging: copy status file in case of a reboot
+            seastatus = self.get_sea_status(ins)
+            if seastatus:
+                boot_time = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S", time.localtime(psutil.boot_time()))
+                dst = seastatus.replace('.tcl', '') + '.' + boot_time
+                if not exists(dst):
+                    os.system(f'cp {seastatus} {dst}')
         return start_dir, env
 
+    def get_sea_status_file(self, ins):
+        searoot = self.env[ins].get('SEA_ROOT', '')
+        seastatus = join(searoot, ins, 'status', 'seastatus.tcl')
+        if exists(seastatus):
+            return seastatus
+        seastatus = join(searoot, 'status', 'seastatus.tcl')
+        if exists(seastatus):
+            return seastatus
+        return None
+
     def get_cfg(self, ins, service, addconfirmed=False):
         """return cfg info about running programs, if relevant
 
@@ -124,11 +143,8 @@ class SeaManager(ServiceManager):
         if 'sea' not in self.get_procs().get(ins, ()):
             return ''
         try:
-            searoot = self.env[ins].get('SEA_ROOT', '')
+            seastatus = self.get_sea_status(ins)
-            seastatus = join(searoot, ins, 'status', 'seastatus.tcl')
+            if not seastatus:
-            if not exists(seastatus):
-                seastatus = join(searoot, 'status', 'seastatus.tcl')
-                if not exists(seastatus):
                 return '?'
             result = ['', '']
             confirmed = ''