Need help with rc.d script

[Trond Endrestøl]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2017 09:55-0500, Ernie Luzar wrote:

> Thanks for everyones input. But still the service stop command can not find
> the pid file.
> 
> In a effort for everyone to play with this problem on their own computers I
> have simplified things as shown below.
> 
> 
>  >cat /usr/local/sbin/testloop
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
>  (
>    while true; do
>      echo -e "Success:"
>      logger -t testloop -p daemon.err "Success: log"
>      sleep 10
>    done
>  ) &

>    echo $! > /var/run/dynip.pid

Shouldn't this be /var/run/testloop.pid?

>    exit 0
> 
> The above is what Iam said to try.
> 
>  >cat /usr/local/etc/rc.d/testloop
> 
> #!/bin/sh
>  #
>  #
>  # PROVIDE: testloop
>  # REQUIRE: LOGIN DAEMON NETWORKING
>  # KEYWORD: nojail shutdown
>  #
>  # Add the following line to /etc/rc.conf to enable testloop:
>  #
>  # testloop_enable="YES"
>  #
> 
>  . /etc/rc.subr

>  name="testloop"

Or maybe you should name this dynip?

>  rcvar=testloop_enable
>  pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
>  command="/usr/local/sbin/${name}"
>  load_rc_config ${name}
>  run_rc_command "$1"
> 
> service testloop onestart  does indeed start testloop as a daemon. Can verify
> that by using the ps command. But there is no /var/run/testloop.pid created,
> and the service testloop onestop command still complains about it not running
> no pid file.

-- 
Trond.