db_daemon.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Bash hack to install Dropbox Daemon
# @author : Vignesh Rajagopalan
#
###

cat <<EOF | sed -e "s,%,$,g" >/etc/init.d/dropbox
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          dropbox
# Required-Start:    $local_fs
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: starts the dropbox service
# Description:       starts dropbox using start-stop-daemon
### END INIT INFO

DROPBOX_USERS="dropbox"
DAEMON=/usr/local/dropbox/dropbox
unset DISPLAY

start() {
    echo "Starting dropbox..."
    for dbuser in %DROPBOX_USERS; do
        HOMEDIR=%(getent passwd %dbuser | cut -d: -f6)
        if [ -x %DAEMON ]; then
            HOME="%HOMEDIR" start-stop-daemon -b -o -c %dbuser -S -u %dbuser -x %DAEMON
        fi
    done
}

stop() {
    echo "Stopping dropbox..."
    for dbuser in %DROPBOX_USERS; do
        HOMEDIR=%(getent passwd %dbuser | cut -d: -f6)
        if [ -x %DAEMON ]; then
            start-stop-daemon -o -c %dbuser -K -u %dbuser -x %DAEMON
        fi
    done
}

status() {
    for dbuser in %DROPBOX_USERS; do
        dbpid=%(pgrep -u %dbuser dropbox)
        if [ -z %dbpid ] ; then
            echo "dropboxd for USER %dbuser: not running."
        else
            echo "dropboxd for USER %dbuser: running (pid %dbpid)"
        fi
    done
}


case "%1" in
  start)
    start
    sleep 1
    status
    ;;

  stop)
    stop
    sleep 1
    status
    ;;

  restart|reload|force-reload)
    stop
    start
    sleep 1
    status
    ;;

  status)
    status
    ;;

  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/dropbox {start|stop|reload|force-reload|restart|status}"
    exit 1

esac

exit 0
EOF