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kaitocracy

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From: Durham, NC

Registered: 2010-04-21

Posts: 59

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Every RC script is the same

I've noticed that the vast majority of scripts in /etc/rc.d are essentially the same. They can all be replaced by this script below.

#!/bin/bash

source /etc/rc.conf
source /etc/rc.d/functions

name="$2"; path="`which $name 2> /dev/null`"
_wait='1'

if [ -x /etc/rc.d/$name ]; then
/etc/rc.d/$name $@; exit $?; fi

info="Usage: $0 (start|stop|restart) daemon"
[ -z "$name" ] ||
[ -z "$path" ] &&
echo $info && exit 1

[ -r /etc/conf.d/$name ] &&
  source /etc/conf.d/$name

PID=$(pidof -o %PPID "`readlink -f $path`")
case "$1" in
  start)
    stat_busy "Starting $name Daemon"
    [ -z "$PID" ] && $path $OPT &> /dev/null
    if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
      stat_fail
    else stat_done; add_daemon $name
      echo $PID > /var/run/$name.pid
    fi ;;
  stop)
    stat_busy "Stopping $name Daemon"
    [ -z "$PID" ] || kill $PID &> /dev/null
    if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
      stat_fail
    else stat_done; rm_daemon $name
      rm -f /var/run/$name.pid; fi ;;
  restart) $0 stop; sleep $_wait; $0 start ;;
esac

exit 0

Called for example like

./service start crond

And you could use this script transparently by dropping it in /sbin and patching /etc/rc.d/functions with

--- functions.backup    2010-10-26 01:39:30.660989232 -0400
+++ functions   2010-10-26 01:42:43.740987456 -0400
@@ -183,22 +183,29 @@
 ck_depends() {
        for daemon in $@; do
                if ck_daemon $daemon; then
-                       /etc/rc.d/$daemon start
+                        [ -x /etc/rc.d/$daemon ] && /etc/rc.d/$daemon start
+                        /sbin/service start $daemon
                fi
        done
 }

 start_daemon() {
-       /etc/rc.d/$1 start
+  [ -x /etc/rc.d/$1 ] && /etc/rc.d/$1 start
+  /sbin/service start $1
 }

 start_daemon_bkgd() {
-       stat_bkgd "Starting $1"
-       (/etc/rc.d/$1 start) &>/dev/null &
+  stat_bkgd "Starting $1"
+
+  [ -x /etc/rc.d/$1 ] &&
+  (/etc/rc.d/$1 start) &>/dev/null &
+
+  (/sbin/service start $1) &> /dev/null &
 }

 stop_daemon() {
-       /etc/rc.d/$1 stop
+  [ -x /etc/rc.d/$1 ] && /etc/rc.d/$1 stop
+  /sbin/service stop $1
 }

 # Status functions

Then maintainers who are lazy can just delete the repetitive rc.d scripts and users wouldn't even notice. Any thoughts?

Last edited by kaitocracy (2010-10-30 13:48:44)

sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Re: Every RC script is the same

I guess that's similar to what some other distros do but we stick to the good old BSD style

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fukawi2

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From: .vic.au

Registered: 2007-09-28

Posts: 6,224

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Re: Every RC script is the same

You would need to include something to allow packages to 'override' this script with their own if required (eg, PostgreSQL does database initialization etc, as well as using "pg_ctl" to start instead of the 'postgres' or 'postgresql' commands)

if [ -x /etc/rc.d/$name ] ; then
  /etc/rc.d/$name $1
  exit $?
fi

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Every RC script is the same

To get feedback from the people who matter, submit this as a feature request on the bugtracker.

Dieter@be

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-11-05

Posts: 2,001

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Re: Every RC script is the same

I like this idea.  but what fukawi2 said.  There are a bunch of scripts that do something custom

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