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

[Cwalinski, Zygmunt]

-----Original Message-----
From: Brooks Davis [mailto:brooks at freebsd.org] 
Sent: 05-02-2007 9:31 PM
To: Cwalinski, Zygmunt
Cc: Brooks Davis; freebsd-rc at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: I need help with Script running as a daemon !!!

[Please don't top-post.  It's considered rude on FreeBSD mailing lists.]

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

[Thanks for your top-post remark]
I am running FreeBSD 6.2

When I set "command_interpreter=/bin/sh" I get the following error
during startup:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/runtestd: WARNING: $command_interpreter /bin/sh !=
while
(although script is running)

"ps auxww | grep `cat /var/run/runtest.pid`" says:
root        1314  0.0  1.1  1836  1396  p1  S     9:38PM   0:00.03
/bin/sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/runtestd start

Here is my current script:
#!/bin/sh
. /etc/rc.subr
# PROVIDE: Test
# REQUIRE: DAEMON
# BEFORE: LOGIN
# KEYWORD: My test
name="runtest"
pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
rcvar=`set_rcvar`
start_cmd=runtest_start
command="/etc/runtest"
command_interpreter=/bin/sh

load_rc_config $name
runtest_enable=${runtest_enable-:NO}

runtest_start() {
  $command &
  echo $! > ${pidfile}
}
run_rc_command "$1"

Zyggi