Talk:HOWTO Make an rc script

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For some reason, my program starts, writes the pidfile, but errors upon a stop command, here's what I have:

#!/sbin/runscript

depend() {
       # the daemon needs the internet to function
       need net
}

start() {
       # display to the user what you're doing
       ebegin "Starting InterMapper daemon"
       # Start the process as a daemon and record the pid number
       start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background --pidfile /var/run/intermapperd.pid --make-pidfile -- exec /usr/local/bin/intermapperd
       # output success or failure
       eend $?
}

stop() {
       # display a message to the user
       ebegin "Stopping InterMapper daemon"
       # stop the daemon using the pid recorded from the start() function
       start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/intermapperd.pid --name intermapperd
       # output success or failure
       eend $?
}

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Drop the

--background --pidfile --make-pidfile --name

arguments and add the --exec argument to the stop() function. See the new example on the HOWTO Make an rc script. --Tosk 00:39, 1 Jul 2005 (GMT)

[edit] Dependency order of boot script is affected by CRITICAL_SERVICES

Zaai 18:16, 5 July 2006 (UTC) Tip: The init script order during boot does not always follow the depend order due to the 'CRITICAL_SERVICES' list in /sbin/rc. This can be overridden with a file /etc/runlevels/boot/.critical. See also this thread: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-3427179.html#3427179