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#!/bin/sh
# Quick start-stop-daemon example, derived from Debian /etc/init.d/ssh
set -e
# Must be a valid filename
NAME=foo
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
#This is the command to be run, give the full pathname
DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/bar
DAEMON_OPTS="--baz=quux"
export PATH="${PATH:+$PATH:}/usr/sbin:/sbin"
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting daemon: "$NAME
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
echo "."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping daemon: "$NAME
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE
echo "."
;;
restart)
echo -n "Restarting daemon: "$NAME
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry 30 --pidfile $PIDFILE
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
echo "."
;;
*)
echo "Usage: "$1" {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
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