Hi Rene,
Is this what you had in mind? (see attached init script)
Cheers,
Francois
#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: docvert-converter
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Required-Start: $local_fs $network $syslog
# Required-Stop: $local_fs $network $syslog
# Short-Description: OpenOffice.org service for Docvert
# Description: This init.d script is used to start OpenOffice.org as a
# service.
### END INIT INFO
# Author: Martyn Smith <mar...@dollyfish.net.nz>
# Do NOT "set -e"
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
DESC="OpenOffice.org service for Docvert"
NAME=docvert-converter
USER=docvert
GROUP=docvert
DAEMON=/usr/share/docvert/core/config/unix-specific/openoffice.org-server.sh
DAEMON_ARGS=""
PIDFILE=/var/run/docvert/converter.pid
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
# Exit if the package is not installed
[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0
# Read configuration variable file if it is present
[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
. /lib/init/vars.sh
# Define LSB log_* functions.
# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present.
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
#
# Function that starts the daemon/service
#
do_start()
{
# Return
# 0 if daemon has been started
# 1 if daemon was already running
# 2 if daemon could not be started
start-stop-daemon -c $USER -g $GROUP --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec
$DAEMON --test > /dev/null || return 1
start-stop-daemon -c $USER -g $GROUP --start --pidfile $PIDFILE
--background --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS || return 2
sleep 2
pgrep -U $USER -G $GROUP "soffice" > "$PIDFILE"
[ -s "$PIDFILE" ] || return 2
return 0
# Add code here, if necessary, that waits for the process to be ready
# to handle requests from services started subsequently which depend
# on this one. As a last resort, sleep for some time.
}
#
# Function that stops the daemon/service
#
do_stop()
{
# Return
# 0 if daemon has been stopped
# 1 if daemon was already stopped
# 2 if daemon could not be stopped
# other if a failure occurred
start-stop-daemon -c $USER -g $GROUP --quiet --stop --pidfile $PIDFILE
RETVAL="$?"
[ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
# Wait for children to finish too if this is a daemon that forks
# and if the daemon is only ever run from this initscript.
# If the above conditions are not satisfied then add some other code
# that waits for the process to drop all resources that could be
# needed by services started subsequently. A last resort is to
# sleep for some time.
# Many daemons don't delete their pidfiles when they exit.
return "$RETVAL"
}
case "$1" in
status)
status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON $NAME && exit 0 || exit $?
;;
start)
log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
do_start
case "$?" in
0|1) log_end_msg 0 ;;
2) log_end_msg 1 ;;
esac
;;
stop)
log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
do_stop
case "$?" in
0|1) log_end_msg 0 ;;
2) log_end_msg 1 ;;
esac
;;
restart|force-reload)
log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
do_stop
case "$?" in
0|1)
do_start
case "$?" in
0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
*) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
esac
;;
*)
# Failed to stop
log_end_msg 1
;;
esac
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
exit 3
;;
esac
# Do NOT remove this, it sets the return value!
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