Init.d script for scribed for Ubuntu

scribed

#!/bin/sh
#
# scribed               Start and Stop the scribe daemon
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:              scribed
# Required-Start:        $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Required-Stop:         $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Default-Start:         2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:          0 1 6
# Short-Description:     Start/Stop the scribed daemon
# Description:           Start/Stop the scribed daemon.
### END INIT INFO

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/scribed
NAME=scribed
DESC=scribed
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
USER=root
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

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

set -e

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

# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
. /lib/init/vars.sh

#
# Function that starts the daemon/service
#
do_start()
{
                if [ -e $PIDFILE ]
                                then

                                if [ -d /proc/`cat $PIDFILE`/ ]
                                then

                                                echo "$NAME already running."
                                                exit 0;
                                else
                                                rm -f $PIDFILE
                                fi

                fi

                start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $DAEMON --pidfile $PIDFILE -b -m --name $NAME --user $USER
}

#
# Function that stops the daemon/service
#
do_stop()
{
                start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME --user $USER
                rm -f $PIDFILE
}

case "$1" in
  start)
                echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
                do_start
                echo "$NAME."
                ;;
  stop)
                echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
                do_stop
                echo "$NAME."
                ;;

  restart|force-reload)
                #
                #               If the "reload" option is implemented, move the "force-reload"
                #               option to the "reload" entry above. If not, "force-reload" is
                #               just the same as "restart".
                #
                echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
                do_stop
                sleep 1
                do_start
                echo "$NAME."
                ;;
  *)
                #echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
                echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
                exit 3
                ;;
esac

exit 0

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