init.d start/stop script for mrc client

mrc_client

#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          myservice
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Put a short description of the service here
# Description:       Put a long description of the service here
### END INIT INFO

# Change the next 3 lines to suit where you have mystic installed, 
# what remote mrc server to connect to, and on which port
# Most likley you only need to set the dir
DIR=/path/to/mystic
REMOTE_SERVER=mrc.bottomlessabyss.net
PORT=5000

# user to run the script as. This should probably be the same user you run mystic as
DAEMON_USER=mystic


## DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE ##


DAEMON=$DIR/mrc_client.py
DAEMON_NAME=mrc_client
DAEMON_OPTS="$REMOTE_SERVER $PORT"

# The process ID of the script when it runs is stored here:
PIDFILE=/var/run/$DAEMON_NAME.pid
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
do_start () {
log_daemon_msg "Starting system $DAEMON_NAME daemon"
start-stop-daemon --start --background --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --user $DAEMON_USER --chuid $DAEMON_USER --startas $DAEMON $DAEMON_OPTS > $DIR/logs/mrc_client.log 2>&1
log_end_msg $?
}
do_stop () {
log_daemon_msg "Stopping system $DAEMON_NAME daemon"
start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $PIDFILE --retry 10
log_end_msg $?
}
case "$1" in
start|stop)
do_${1}
;;
restart|reload|force-reload)
do_stop
do_start
;;
status)
status_of_proc "$DAEMON_NAME" "$DAEMON" && exit 0 || exit $?
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$DAEMON_NAME {start|stop|restart|status}"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0

Note, in order for this to work the mrc_client.py must be modified,

changing line 51 from: bbsdir = os.getcwd()
to: bbsdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

This ensures the script knows its own path, rather than the path you were in when it was launched, which in the case of this init.d script would simply by /