LanguageTool Server Init Script, run as a service. H/T: http://gustavostraube.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/writing-an-init-script-for-a-java-application/

languagetool

#!/bin/sh
#
# init script for a Java application
#
 
# Check the application status
#
# This function checks if the application is running
check_status() {
 
  # Running ps with some arguments to check if the PID exists
  # -C : specifies the command name
  # -o : determines how columns must be displayed
  # h : hides the data header
  s=`ps -C 'java -cp /path/to/languagetool/languagetool-server.jar org.languagetool.server.HTTPServer --public --port 80' -o pid h`
 
  # If somethig was returned by the ps command, this function returns the PID
  if [ $s ] ; then
    return $s
  fi
 
  # In any another case, return 0
  return 0
 
}
 
# Starts the application
start() {
 
  # At first checks if the application is already started calling the check_status
  # function
  check_status
 
  # $? is a special variable that hold the "exit status of the most recently executed
  # foreground pipeline"
  pid=$?
 
  if [ $pid -ne 0 ] ; then
    echo "The application is already started"
    exit 1
  fi
 
  # If the application isn't running, starts it
  echo -n "Starting application: "
 
  # Redirects default and error output to a log file
  java -cp /path/to/languagetool/languagetool-server.jar org.languagetool.server.HTTPServer --public --port 80 >> /path/to/languagetool.log 2>&1 &
  echo "OK"
}
 
# Stops the application
stop() {
 
  # Like as the start function, checks the application status
  check_status
 
  pid=$?
 
  if [ $pid -eq 0 ] ; then
    echo "Application is already stopped"
    exit 1
  fi
 
  # Kills the application process
  echo -n "Stopping application: "
  kill -9 $pid &
  echo "OK"
}
 
# Show the application status
status() {
 
  # The check_status function, again...
  check_status
 
  # If the PID was returned means the application is running
  if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
    echo "Application is started"
  else
    echo "Application is stopped"
  fi
 
}
 
# Main logic, a simple case to call functions
case "$1" in
  start)
    start
    ;;
  stop)
    stop
    ;;
  status)
    status
    ;;
  restart|reload)
    stop
    start
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
    exit 1
esac
 
exit 0

I am using this in my CentOS 6.9 with a slight modification, but the main problem is that service languagetool stop . Doesn't works, because it can't find the pid of the service. The only way I found to stop the service is by editting the file and replacing kill -9 $pid & with kill -9 (actual pid number) & . Any leads how to resolve this ?