Novacomd Init Script

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1. !/sbin/runscript

start() {

       ebegin "Starting novacomd"
       start-stop-daemon --start --background --exec /opt/Palm/novacom/novacomd
       result=$?
       eend $result

}

stop() {

       ebegin "Stopping novacomd"
       start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec /opt/Palm/novacom/novacomd
       result=$?
       eend $result

} </source>

For Debian(tested on Sid 2/21/2011)

1. Save this at /etc/init.d/novacomd 2. Make sure you make it executable. Use "chmod +x /etc/init.d/novacomd" 3. Run "update-rc.d novacomd defaults"

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   #! /bin/sh
   ### BEGIN INIT INFO
   # Provides:          novacomd
   # Required-Start:    $remote_fs dbus udev
   # Required-Stop:     $remote_fs dbus udev
   # Should-Start:      $syslog
   # Should-Stop:       $syslog
   # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
   # Default-Stop:      0 1 6
   # Short-Description: palm novacom daemon
   # Description:       Daemon for connecting to palm devices
   #                    
   ### END INIT INFO
    
   PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/Palm/novacom
   DESC="Palm Novacom daemon"
   NAME="novacomd"
    
   DAEMON=/opt/Palm/novacom/$NAME
    
   PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
    
   SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/novacomd
    
   # Gracefully exit if the package has been removed.
   test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
    
   . /lib/lsb/init-functions
    
   #
   #       Function that starts the daemon/service.
   #
   d_start() {
           start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
                   --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
   }
    
   #
   #       Function that stops the daemon/service.
   #
   d_stop() {
           start-stop-daemon --stop --retry 5 --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
                   --exec $DAEMON
   }
    
    
   case "$1" in
     start)
           log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
           d_start
           case "$?" in
                   0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
                   1) log_progress_msg "already started"
                      log_end_msg 0 ;;
                   *) log_end_msg 1 ;;
           esac
           ;;
     stop)
           log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
           d_stop
           case "$?" in
                   0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
                   1) log_progress_msg "already stopped"
                      log_end_msg 0 ;;
                   *) log_end_msg 1 ;;
           esac
           ;;
     restart|force-reload)
           $0 stop
           $0 start
           ;;
     status)
           status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON $NAME && exit 0 || exit $?
           ;;
     *)
           echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
           exit 1
           ;;
   esac
    
   exit 0

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