glances init.d script - does not work ... yet

glances

#! /bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          glances
# chkconfig:         2345  80 80
# Short-Description: Start and stop the Glances server
### END INIT INFO

##############
######### from https://github.com/moumoul/scripting/blob/master/initd/glances
######### adapted a bit, e.g. to amazon default user path
##############

PATHNAME=/home/ec2-user/env/glances/bin

DESC="Glances server"
NAME=glances
DAEMON=$PATHNAME/$NAME
DAEMON_ARGS=" -s"

PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/$NAME

# not needed, seemingly
# SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

# perhaps this helps. it was missing from the original script
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin

# Exit if the package is not installed
[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0

# Read configuration variable file if it is present
[ -r /etc/sysconfig/$NAME ] && . /etc/sysconfig/$NAME

# Source function library
INITD=/etc/rc.d/init.d
. $INITD/functions

start(){

	echo -n $"Starting $NAME: "
	[ -x $DAEMON ] || exit 5
	daemon --pidfile ${PIDFILE} $DAEMON $DAEMON_ARGS &
	RETVAL=$?
	echo
	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch ${LOCKFILE} && pgrep -f $NAME > ${PIDFILE}

}

stop(){
	echo -n $"Stopping $NAME: "
	if [ -f $PIDFILE ] ; then
		killall $NAME
		RETVAL=$?
		echo
	else 
		RETVAL=2
	fi

	if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
		rm -f ${PIDFILE} ${LOCKFILE}
	fi
}

restart(){
	stop
	start
}

_status(){
	status -p ${PIDFILE} ${NAME}
}

case "$1" in
	start)
		start
		;;
	stop)
		stop
		;;
	restart)
		restart
		;;
	status)
		_status
		;;
	*)
		echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
		RETVAL=2
		;;
esac

exit $RETVAL

see nicolargo/glances#1215 for explanations