This is an update to an existing gist to add functionality to start the daemon in the lumberjack install dir. This is so that the ".lumberjack" file (which is created to track the position lumberjack is in the file) is not created at /.

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/sh
#
#   /etc/init.d/lumberjack
#
#   Starts and stops Lumberjack as a "daemon".
#
# chkconfig: 2345 30 70
# description: Starts and stops Lumberjack as a daemon.
 
# The name of this service
NAME=lumberjack
 
### Start Configuration Options ###
 
# The JSON config to use
LJ_CONFIG=/etc/lumberjack.conf
 
# The Lumberjack binary wrapper
LJ_BIN=`which lumberjack`

# The Lumberjack runnning directory
LJ_RUNDIR="$(dirname ${LJ_BIN})/.."
 
# Any Lumberjack options
LJ_OPTS="-spool-size 1000"
 
# The log file for local info
LJ_LOG=/var/log/lumberjack/lumberjack
 
# The PID file
PID_FILE=/var/run/lumberjack
 
# The command to daemonize
DAEMON="nohup ${LJ_BIN} -config ${LJ_CONFIG} ${LJ_OPTS} >>${LJ_LOG} 2>&1 &"
 
### End Configuration Options ###
 
. /etc/init.d/functions
 
check_prereqs() {
  if [ -z ${LJ_BIN} ]; then
    echo "ERROR: Unable to locate Lumberjack binary, make sure it's installed."
    exit 1
  elif [ ! -f ${LJ_CONFIG} ]; then
    echo "ERROR: LJ_CONFIG (${LJ_CONFIG}) doesn't exist."
    exit 1
  elif [ ! -d `dirname ${LJ_LOG}` ]; then
    echo "ERROR: LJ_LOG parent directory (`dirname ${LJ_LOG}`) doesn't exist."
    exit 1
  elif [ ! -d ${LJ_RUNDIR} ]; then
    echo "ERROR: LJ_RUNDIR (${LJ_RUNDIR}) doesn't exist."
    exit 1
  fi
}
 
start() {
  check_prereqs
 
  echo -n $"Starting $NAME: "

  cd $LJ_RUNDIR && daemon --check $NAME --pidfile $PID_FILE $DAEMON
 
  RETVAL=$?
 
  if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then
    echo_failure
    echo
  else
    PID=$(pgrep $NAME)
    echo -n $PID > $PID_FILE
    echo_success
    echo
  fi
  return $RETVAL
}
 
stop () {
  echo -n $"Stopping $NAME: "
  killproc -p $PID_FILE $NAME
  RETVAL=$?
  echo
  return $RETVAL
}
 
restart () {
  stop
  start
}
 
case "$1" in
  start)
    start
    ;;
  stop)
    stop
    ;;
  status)
    status -p $PID_FILE $NAME
    ;;
  restart)
    restart
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status}"
    exit 2
    ;;
esac
 
exit $?