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#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: fam
# Required-Start: $network portmap
# Required-Stop: $network portmap
# Default-Start: 1 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: S 0 6
# Short-Description: File Alteration Monitor
# Description: Debian init script for File Alteration Monitor
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON="/usr/sbin/famd"
NAME="FAM"
DESC="file alteration monitor"
FAMOPTS="-T 0"
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
# Stop if we are running from inetd
egrep -q "^(sgi_fam|391002)" /etc/inetd.conf && exit 0
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
set -e
case "$1" in
start)
log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $DAEMON -- $FAMOPTS
log_end_msg $?
;;
stop)
log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --quiet --exec $DAEMON
log_end_msg $?
;;
restart|force-reload)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0