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kaaposc

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From: Latvia

Registered: 2008-07-16

Posts: 30

Daemon starter/stopper

Made a quick search but found no topics about a simple bash script to simplify daemon starting/stopping. Here is my try.

#!/bin/bash

if [ -z $1 ]; then
    echo "Usage:"
    echo -e "$0 [-]daemon1 [-]daemon2 ... [-]daemonN"
    echo -e "\tStarts (or restarts if running) a daemon located in /etc/rc.d/"
    echo -e "\tIf '-' in front of a daemon, it is stopped."
    exit 1
fi

if [ $UID -gt 0 ]; then
    echo "Must be root to start/stop daemons."
    exit 1
fi

while (( "$#" )); do
    daemon=$1
    if [ ${daemon:0:1} == "-" ]; then
        if [ -f /var/run/daemons/${daemon:1} ]; then
            if [ -x /etc/rc.d/${daemon:1} ]; then
                echo "Stopping ${daemon:1}..."
                /etc/rc.d/${daemon:1} stop
            else
                echo "No such daemon: ${daemon:1}!"
            fi
        else
            echo "Service ${daemon:1} not running!"
        fi
    else
        if [ -f /var/run/daemons/$daemon ]; then
            if [ -x /etc/rc.d/$daemon ]; then
                echo "Restarting $daemon..."
                /etc/rc.d/$daemon restart
            else
                echo "No such daemon: $daemon!"
            fi
        else
            if [ -x /etc/rc.d/$daemon ]; then
                echo "Starting $daemon..."
                /etc/rc.d/$daemon start
            else
                echo "No such daemon: $daemon!"
            fi
        fi
    fi
    shift
done

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Daemon starter/stopper

A GUI one: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29606

I've searched this thread for the word 'daemon' and found some scripts similar to yours:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 49#p555449
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 88#p555488
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 10#p588410 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 66#p594366

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 63#p749463

I haven't tested any of them, so use at your own risk :-)

Last edited by karol (2011-03-06 17:57:33)