init file for bigcouch on centos

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# chkconfig: 23 90 10
# Description: Quickly hacked together bigcouch init script for CentOS systems.

. /etc/init.d/functions

PID_FILE=/var/run/bigcouch.pid
BIGCOUCH_BIN=/opt/bigcouch/bin/bigcouch
SUBSYS_LOCK_FILE=/var/lock/subsys/bigcouch

export HOME=/tmp

start() {
  echo -n "Starting bigcouch: "

  if [ -f "$PID_FILE" ]; then
    echo "already running: "`cat $PID_FILE`
    exit 2
  fi

  $BIGCOUCH_BIN &>/dev/null &
  echo $! > $PID_FILE

  touch $SUBSYS_LOCK_FILE

  echo "OK"
}

stop() {
  echo -n "Shutting down bigcouch: "

  if [ ! -f "$PID_FILE" ]; then
    echo "already stopped"
  else
    kill -9 `cat $PID_FILE`

    rm -f $PID_FILE
    rm -f $SUBSYS_LOCK_FILE

    echo "OK"
  fi
}

status() {
  if [ -f "$PID_FILE" ]; then
    echo "Running with PID "`cat $PID_FILE`
  else
    echo "Not running"
  fi
}

case "$1" in
  start)
    start
    ;;

  stop)
    stop
    ;;

  restart)
    stop
    start
    ;;

  status)
    status
    ;;

  *)
    echo "Usage: [start|stop|restart|status]"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit $?