I need help with Script running as a daemon !!!

[Brooks Davis]

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On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 07:10:28PM -0500, Cwalinski, Zygmunt wrote:
> Dave, 
> Thanks for your email. I have set execute bit and change the script to:
> 
> name="runtest"
> pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
> rcvar=`set_rcvar`
> start_cmd=runtest_start
> command="/etc/runtest"
> command_interpreter=while
> load_rc_config $name
> runtest_enable=${runtest_enable-:NO}
> 
> runtest_start() {
>   $command &
>   echo $! > ${pidfile}
> }
> 
> I get no error when I start this script but still when I am trying to
> stop the daemon I am getting the following error:
> runtest not running? (check /var/run/runtest.pid).
> 
> (pidfile contains a correct process ID)

The value of command_interpreter is bogus.  From your previous
post, it should probably be /bin/sh.  That shouldn't be fatal in an of
it self though.  What does "ps auxww | grep `cat /var/run/runtest.pid`"
say?

Also, what version of FreeBSD are you running?

-- Brooks
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