Based on pahimar's ForgeCraft-Script, init script for a minecraft server

mc-init

#!/bin/bash
# /etc/init.d/minecraft
# version 0.4.1 2014-12-07 (YYYY-MM-DD)

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:   minecraft
# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs
# Required-Stop:  $local_fs $remote_fs
# Should-Start:   $network
# Should-Stop:    $network
# Default-Start:  2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:   0 1 6
# Short-Description:    Minecraft server
# Description:    Starts the modded 1.7.10 minecraft server
### END INIT INFO

# Settings start
USERNAME="minecraft"
SERVICE='forge-1.7.10-10.13.2.1232-universal.jar '
MCPATH="/opt/$USERNAME/Server_170"                                               
BACKUPPATH="/opt/$USERNAME/backup"
CHECKSERVER="/opt/$USERNAME/monitor/CheckServer"                      
CRASHLOG_DB_PATH='/var/log/mcmodded'                                              
JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_25"                                             

MEMORY_OPTS="-Xmx2G -Xms2G -XX:PermSize=256m"                                    
JAVA_OPTIONS="-XX:NewRatio=3 -XX:SurvivorRatio=3 -XX:TargetSurvivorRatio=80 -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=8 -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=10 -XX:GCPauseIntervalMillis=50 -XX:MaxGCMinorPauseMillis=7 -XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=60 -XX:+BindGCTaskThreadsToCPUs -Xnoclassgc"              

INVOCATION="${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java ${MEMORY_OPTS} ${JAVA_OPTIONS} -jar $SERVICE nogui"
BACKUPARCHIVEPATH=$BACKUPPATH/archive
BACKUPDIR=$(date +%b_%Y)
PORT=$(grep server-port $MCPATH/server.properties | cut -d '=' -f 2)

if [ -z "$PORT" ]; then
        PORT=25565
fi

# Settings end

if [ $(whoami) != $USERNAME ]; then
        if [ $(id -nu) == "root" ]; then
                exec su -l $USERNAME -c "$0 $@"
        fi
        rc_exit 1
        #su $USERNAME -c "$(readlink -f $0) $*"
        #exit $?
fi

is_running() {
        if [ ! -e $MCPATH/java.pid ]; then
                return 1
        fi

        pid=$(cat $MCPATH/java.pid)
        if [ -z $pid ]; then
                return 1
        fi

        ps -eo "%p" | grep "^\\s*$pid\\s*\$" > /dev/null
        return $?
}

mc_start() {
        if is_running; then
                echo "Tried to start but $SERVICE was already running!"
        else
                echo "$SERVICE was not running... starting."

                cd $MCPATH
                screen -dmS mc$PORT $INVOCATION &

                for (( i=0; i < 10; i++ )); do
                        screenpid=$(ps -eo '%p %a' | grep -v grep | grep -i screen | grep mc$PORT | awk '{print $1}')
                        javapid=$(ps -eo '%P %p' | grep "^\\s*$screenpid " | awk '{print $2}')

                        if [[ -n "$screenpid" && -n "$javapid" ]]; then
                                break
                        fi

                        sleep 1
                done

                if [[ -n "$screenpid" && -n "$javapid" ]]; then
                        echo "$SERVICE is now running."
                        echo "$javapid" > $MCPATH/java.pid
                        echo "$screenpid.mc$PORT" > $MCPATH/screen.name
                else
                        echo "Could not start $SERVICE."
                fi
        fi
}

mc_startmonitor() {
        if [ -d $CHECKSERVER ]; then
                echo "started monitor"
                /usr/bin/daemon --name=minecraft_checkserver -- $JAVA_HOME/bin/java -cp $CHECKSERVER CheckServer localhost $PORT
        fi
}

mc_saveoff() {
        if is_running; then
                echo "$SERVICE is running... suspending saves"
                mc_exec "say SERVER BACKUP STARTING. Server going readonly..."
                mc_exec "save-off"
                mc_exec "save-all"
                sync
                sleep 10
        else
                echo "$SERVICE was not running. Not suspending saves."
        fi
}

mc_saveon() {
        if is_running; then
                echo "$SERVICE is running... re-enabling saves"
                mc_exec "save-on"
                mc_exec "say SERVER BACKUP ENDED. Server going read-write..."
        else
                echo "$SERVICE was not running. Not resuming saves."
        fi
}

mc_kill() {
        pid=$(cat $MCPATH/java.pid)

        echo "terminating process with pid $pid"
        kill $pid

        for (( i=0; i < 10; i++ )); do
                is_running || break
                sleep 1
        done

        if is_running; then
                echo "$SERVICE could not be terminated, killing..."
                kill -SIGKILL $pid
                echo "$SERVICE killed"
        else
                echo "$SERVICE terminated"
        fi
}

mc_stop() {
        if is_running; then
                echo "$SERVICE is running... stopping."

                mc_exec "say SERVER SHUTTING DOWN IN 10 SECONDS. Saving map..."
                mc_exec "save-all"
                sleep 10
                mc_exec "stop"

                for (( i=0; i < 20; i++ )); do
                        is_running || break
                        sleep 1
                done
        else
                echo "$SERVICE was not running."
        fi

        if is_running; then
                echo "$SERVICE could not be shut down cleanly... still running."
                mc_kill
        else
                echo "$SERVICE is shut down."
        fi

        rm $MCPATH/java.pid
        rm $MCPATH/screen.name
}

mc_stopmonitor() {
        if [ -d $CHECKSERVER ]; then
                /usr/bin/daemon --name=minecraft_checkserver --stop
        fi
}

mc_backup() {
        echo "Backing up minecraft world"

        [ -d "$BACKUPPATH/$BACKUPDIR" ] || mkdir -p "$BACKUPPATH/$BACKUPDIR"

        rdiff-backup $MCPATH "$BACKUPPATH/$BACKUPDIR"

        echo "Backup complete"
}

mc_thinoutbackup() {
        if (($(date +%H) == 0)) && (($(date +%M) < 15)); then
                archivedate=$(date --date="2 days ago")

                echo "Thinning backups created $archivedate out"

                archivedateunix=$(date --date="$archivedate" +%s)
                archivesourcedir=$BACKUPPATH/$(date --date="$archivedate" +%b_%Y)
                archivesource=$archivesourcedir/rdiff-backup-data/increments.$(date --date="$archivedate" +%Y-%m-%dT%H):0*.dir
                archivesource=$(echo $archivesource)
                archivedest=$BACKUPARCHIVEPATH/$(date --date="$archivedate" +%b_%Y)

                if [[ ! -f $archivesource ]]; then
                        echo "Nothing to be done"
                else
                        tempdir=$(mktemp -d)

                        if [[ ! $tempdir =~ ^/tmp ]]; then
                                echo "invalid tmp dir $tempdir"
                        else
                                rdiff-backup $archivesource $tempdir
                                rdiff-backup --current-time $archivedateunix $tempdir $archivedest
                                rm -R "$tempdir"

                                rdiff-backup --remove-older-than 7D --force $archivesourcedir

                                echo "done"
                        fi
                fi
        fi
}

mc_exec() {
        if is_running; then
                screen -p 0 -S $(cat $MCPATH/screen.name) -X stuff "$@$(printf \\r)"
        else
                echo "$SERVICE was not running. Not executing command."
        fi
}

mc_dumpcrashlogs() {
        if is_running; then
                cp $MCPATH/crash-reports/* $CRASHLOG_DB_PATH
                mv $MCPATH/crash-reports/* $MCPATH/crash-reports.archive/
        fi
}

#Start-Stop here
case "$1" in
  start)
    mc_start
    if is_running; then
      mc_startmonitor
    fi
    ;;
  stop)
    mc_stopmonitor
    mc_stop
    ;;
  restart)
    mc_stop
    mc_start
    ;;
  backup)
    mc_saveoff
    mc_backup
    mc_saveon
    mc_thinoutbackup
    ;;
  exec)
    shift
    mc_exec "$@"
    ;;
  dumpcrashlogs)
    mc_dumpcrashlogs
    ;;
  status)
    if is_running
    then
      echo "$SERVICE is running."
    else
      echo "$SERVICE is not running."
    fi
    ;;

  *)
  echo "Usage: $(readlink -f $0) {start|stop|restart|backup|exec|dumpcrashlogs|status}"
  exit 1
  ;;
esac

exit 0