2nd try - "new" rc script won't start on boot

[Paul Schmehl]

I've written a very simple rc script, using the "new" method, and the 
script works fine (start|stop|restart|rcvar|status|poll|) except for one 
thing.  It won't start the daemon when the server is rebooted.  I'm 
wondering if anyone might be able to help me.

Here's the details

1) FreeBSD 4.8 RELEASE, 450 MHz processor, 128 MB ram

2) rc script permissions:

ls -lsa /usr/local/etc/rc.d/extractor.sh
2 -rwxr-x---  1 root  wheel  1154 Jul 17 01:07 
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/extractor.sh

3) rc script:

head /usr/local/etc/rc.d/extractor.sh

#!/bin/sh
# $Id$

# PROVIDE: extractor
# BEFORE:  LOGIN
# KEYWORD: FreeBSD


. /usr/local/etc/rc.subr

name=extractor
rcvar=`set_rcvar`

command="/usr/local/bin/${name}"

load_rc_config $name
run_rc_command "$1"

4) rc script enabled?

bash-2.05b# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/extractor.sh rcvar
# extractor
$extractor_enable=YES

As you can see, the script is enabled in /etc/rc.conf.  But it absolutely 
won't start.  There are no error messages in /var/log/messages or in the 
daelmon's log, and the daemon doesn't allow me to set a verbose or debug 
mode that would give me more information.

I've written a small cron script to make sure the daemon stays running, and 
I'm using that now to start the daemon after rebooting, but obviously I'd 
prefer to do it the right way.

Here's the cron script:

#!/bin/sh

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/extractor.sh status > test1
sed -e 's/\.//g' test1 > test2
PID=`awk '/extractor/ {print $6}' test2`
if [ $PID > 0 ]; then
  exit 0
else
  echo "Extractor was not running."
  /usr/local/etc/rc.d/extractor.sh start
fi

This works to start the daemon after a reboot (and if it should ever stop 
running, but I'd prefer to have it start up properly.

Anyone have any ideas what might be causing this?  This is the first script 
I've ever written using the rc.subr system, so it could be something very 
simple that I missed in the docs.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
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The University of Texas at Dallas
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