BitTorrent Sync init.d script

btsync

#!/bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/btsync
#

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

# Update with correct location and user
DAEMON=/home/alistair/kits/btsync/btsync
BTSYNC_USER=alistair

# Carry out specific functions when asked to by the system
case "$1" in
start)
    cd /home/$BTSYNC_USER
    sudo -u $BTSYNC_USER $DAEMON
    ;;
stop)
    killall btsync
    ;;
restart|reload|force-reload)
    stop
    start
    ;;
status)
    status_of_proc $DAEMON "btsync server for $BTSYNC_USER"
    ;;
*)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/btsync {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|status}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0

instructions.md

This script assumes that no config files are being used with btsync, i.e. config is maintained through the web interface, and that only a single user is required. A multi-user version is available at https://gist.github.com/MendelGusmao/5398362.

Thanks also to nicoX at http://askubuntu.com/questions/284683/how-to-run-bittorrent-sync for the original idea.

On Ubuntu:

1. Save the script to /etc/init.d/
2. Modify the daemon location and user name as appropriate
3. $ chmod 755 /etc/init.d/btsync
4. $ update-rc.d btsync defaults
5. $ sudo service btsync start