Linux daemon template

daemon-template.sh

#!/bin/bash

SRC_PATH=/path/to
FILE_WO_EXT=filename

case "$1" in 
start)
   $SRC_PATH/$FILE_WO_EXT.sh &
   echo $!>/var/run/$FILE_WO_EXT.pid
   ;;
stop)
   kill -9 `cat /var/run/$FILE_WO_EXT.pid`
   rm /var/run/$FILE_WO_EXT.pid
   ;;
restart)
   $0 stop
   $0 start
   ;;
status)
   if [ -e /var/run/$FILE_WO_EXT.pid ]; then
      echo $FILE_WO_EXT.sh is running, pid=`cat /var/run/$FILE_WO_EXT.pid`
   else
      echo $FILE_WO_EXT.sh is NOT running
      exit 1
   fi
   ;;
*)
   echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart}"
esac

exit 0