On Wed, 2001-12-26 at 16:18, J. Craig Woods wrote:
> At 01:56 PM 12/26/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> >Hello all!
> > I have a few programs that I've added to my server box running mdk8.1
> >and I'd like to create daemons and startup scripts for them in
> >/etc/rc.d/init.d/ so that I can do the 'stop, start, restart, etc.'
> >thing for them. I'm not a coder, though I'm trying to pick it up a
> >little, and I've looked at my other files in that specific folder as
> >well as searching the net for my answers, but to no avail. I want to
> >know how to kill a thread without having to manually call 'top' and
> >search for the pid then running kill on that pid. I would like to be
> >able to do it the same way my other services run. I would also like to
> >know how to make them start on boot-up. If someone would please point
> >me in the correct direction or maybe give a brief tutorial on how these
> >things work, I would be very grateful!
> >
> >TIA, Mike
>
> Are you looking to write a script where you would have the ability to run
> statements like "service some_program start" or some variation with "stop",
> "status", etc.? Yes, the easy part is to know where to put it (/etc/init.d
> and maybe /etc/rc5.d). Unfortunately the hard part is writing the script,
> and there is no substitute for a good book on bash scripting. Plus you
> might try looking at one of the other scripts for a running service, and
> use this as a kind of template.
>
>
>
> J. Craig Woods
> UNIX/NT SA
> -Art is the illusion of spontaneity-
Ok, yes, I will look a bit more at my existing scripts. Thanks for the
reply.
Mike
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