mylar/ubuntu-mylar.init.d

#! /bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          mylar
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $network $remote_fs
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $network $remote_fs
# Should-Start:      $NetworkManager
# Should-Stop:       $NetworkManager
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: starts instance of mylar
# Description:       starts instance of mylar using start-stop-daemon
### END INIT INFO

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# path to app
APP_PATH=

# path to python bin
DAEMON=/usr/bin/python

# startup args
DAEMON_OPTS=" Mylar.py -q"

# script name
NAME=mylar

# app name
DESC=mylar

# user
RUN_AS=

PID_FILE=/var/run/mylar.pid
PID_PATH=`dirname $PID_FILE`

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test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

set -e

# Create PID if missing and remove stale PID file
if [ ! -d $PID_PATH ]; then
    mkdir -p $PID_PATH
    chown $RUN_AS $PID_PATH
fi

if [ -e $PID_FILE ]; then
    PID=`cat $PID_FILE`
    if ! kill -0 $PID > /dev/null 2>&1; then
        echo "Removing stale $PID_FILE"
        rm $PID_FILE
    fi
fi

case "$1" in
  start)
        echo "Starting $DESC"
        start-stop-daemon -d $APP_PATH -c $RUN_AS --start --background --pidfile $PID_FILE  --make-pidfile --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
        ;;
  stop)
        echo "Stopping $DESC"
        start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $PID_FILE
        ;;

  restart|force-reload)
        echo "Restarting $DESC"
        start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $PID_FILE
        sleep 15
        start-stop-daemon -d $APP_PATH -c $RUN_AS --start --background --pidfile $PID_FILE  --make-pidfile --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
        ;;
  *)
        N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
        echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

exit 0