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This document explains how to write openrc scripts, aka init.d scripts.
Needs to start with #!/sbin/runscript
Using the start/stop templates and special predefined variables:
command="/usr/sbin/mydaemon" command_args="--args-for-mydaemon" procname="mydaemon" pidfile="/var/run/mydaemon.pid" stopsig="SIGTERM"
Using start-stop-daemon
To be written
start() { ebegin "Starting mydaemon" start-stop-daemon --start \ --exec /usr/sbin/mydaemon \ --pidfile /var/run/mydaemon.pid \ -- \ --args-for-mydaemon eend $? }