Linux Service Example

README.md

Using it

cp ./whatever /etc/init.d/

sudo service whatever start
sudo service whatever stop

whatever

PROGRAM=/usr/bin/tail
PROGRAMARGS="-f /dev/null"
PIDFILE=/var/run/whatever.pid
case "$1" in
  start)
	echo -n "Starting whatever"
	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --background --exec $PROGRAM -- $PROGRAMARGS
	echo "."
	;;
  stop)
	echo -n "Stopping whatever"
	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE
	echo "."
	;;
  restart)
	$0 stop
	$0 start
	;;
  *)
		echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/xvfb {start|stop|restart}"
		exit 1
esac

exit 0