Talk:Add a custom service

I'm not sure that the chkconfig command is required

I know, but I love to be centos compatible--Stephdl (talk) 22:22, 2 October 2015 (CEST)

another scrip, I need to do some tests on it --Stephdl (talk) 22:22, 2 October 2015 (CEST)

#!/bin/sh
#
# chkconfig: - 88 10
# description: Start/Stop the RADICALE server daemon
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
#

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

#set the software path to run
SCRIPT=/usr/bin/radicale
#set the path to the configuration if needed
CONFIG=/etc/radicale/config
#set the name of the software to launch
prog=radicale
#set the user who run the software
user=radicale

#if you don't need to set configuration files
#exec="$SCRIPT"
exec="$SCRIPT -C $CONFIG"


#set the the lockfile
lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/$prog
#set the pid path, /var/run/$prog/ must be writable by the user
pidfile=/var/run/$prog/$prog.pid

#stop the script if the binary and configuration files are not found
[ -f $SCRIPT ] || exit 0
[ -f $CONFIG ] || exit 0

###don't change here
RETVAL=0

case "$1" in
start)
      echo -n $"Starting $prog  server: "
   daemon --user=radicale --pidfile=$pidfile $exec  
   RETVAL=$?
   echo
   [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
   ln -s $pidfile /var/run/$prog.pid 2>/dev/null
   status radicale
   RETVAL=$?
#sometime the signal-event hangs, therefore I redirect to /dev/null
#       echo -n $"Starting $prog  server: "
#   daemon --user=$user --pidfile=$pidfile $exec >/dev/null 2>&1 
#   status radicale
#   RETVAL=$?
#    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
#    ln -s $pidfile /var/run/$prog.pid 2>/dev/null 
     ;;
stop)
      echo -n $"Stopping $prog server: "
      killproc $SCRIPT
      RETVAL=$?
      echo
      [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
      ;;
status)
      status radicale
      RETVAL=$?
      ;;
restart)
      $0 stop
      sleep 3
      $0 start
      RETVAL=$?
      ;;
*)
      echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart}"
      exit 1
esac

exit $RETVAL