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Starts/stops a python script, storing its PID in /var/run, so that it can be run from monit
#!/bin/bash
#
# startpy: starts/stops a python script, storing its PID in /var/run,
# so that it can be run from monit
#
# Scripts must be placed in a folder under /home/sm/scripts. Startpy
# will look in that folder for a script named after the folder (plus
# .py extension).
#
# (In the following example we'll assume a script test.py exists in
# /home/sm/scripts/test
#
# 1) Start the script
# $ startpy start test
# 2) Start the script from a python environment located at
# /home/sm/scripts/test/env
# $ startpy -e start test
#
# (Upon successful start, the PID for the process will be stored in
# /var/run/sm/test.pid. Make sure the user executing startpy can
# write in that directory.)
#
# 3) Stop the script
# $ startpy stop test
while getopts ":e" opt; do
case $opt in
e)
USE_ENV=true
shift
;;
\?)
echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
done
case $1 in
start)
if [ -z "$2" ]; then
echo "No script name was supplied."
exit 1
fi
SCRIPT_HOME=/home/sm/scripts/$2
if [ -n "$USE_ENV" ]; then
source ${SCRIPT_HOME%%/}/env/bin/activate
fi
echo $$ > /var/run/sm/$2.pid;
exec 2>&1 python ${SCRIPT_HOME%%/}/$2.py
;;
stop)
kill `cat /var/run/sm/$2.pid`
;;
*)
echo "Usage: startpy [-e] {start|stop} script_name"
;;
esac
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