Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] attach a perl script to daemon services

[Michael Higgins]

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:00:43 +0200
Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:

> > Where I'm weak is the part where the custom script checks if the
> > daemon is running, before the script itself starts.  That part would
> > need to be something pretty fool proof... maybe just grep ps output
> > for the daemon?

I have a perl fastAGI script that launches in /etc/init.d/.... I just
cribbed some code from something there... 

in my perl script:

log_file=>'Sys::Syslog', pid_file=>'/var/run/evolone_agi.pid';

Sys::Syslog" is an interface to the UNIX syslog(3) program.

from /etc/init.d/evolone_agi

depend() {
	need net asterisk postgresql-8.4
}

As for reading new information, there are a gazillion ways. Trap a
signal to reread the configs?

reload() {
        ebegin "Reloading evolone_agi configuration" 
	start-stop-daemon --signal 1 --pidfile /var/run/evolone_agi.pid 
        eend $? "Error reloading evolone_agi"
}

.. for example.

Hope this helps. '-)


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