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+#!/bin/sh                   
+# generic init file for darkice
+#                              
+# Author:
+# Niels Dettenbach - nd@syndicat.com - 2009-11-05
+#
+# License:
+# GPLv3 (2009)                                     
+#                                  
+
+## settings ##
+# check your paths!
+
+program=/usr/bin/darkice
+pidfile=/var/run/darkice.pid
+configfile=/etc/darkice.cfg 
+logfile=/var/log/darkice.log
+progname="darkice"          
+restart_delay=2             
+verbose="5"                 
+
+## end of settings ##
+
+RETVAL=0
+if [ ! -f $configfile ]
+then                   
+        echo "$progname: config file not found"
+        exit                                   
+fi                                             
+
+if [ ! -f $program ]
+then                
+        echo "$progname: programm file $program not found"
+        exit                                              
+fi                                                        
+
+case $1 in
+'start')  
+        if [ -f $pidfile ]; then
+                PID=`cat $pidfile`
+                running=`ps --no-headers -o "%c" -p $PID`
+                if ( [ "$progname" == "$running" ] ); then
+                        echo "$progname is still running" 
+                else                                      
+                        echo "$progname seems crashed - PID does not match the deamon"
+                        echo "removing stale PID File $pidfile"                       
+                        rm $pidfile                                                   
+                        $0 start                                                      
+                        exit $?                                                       
+                fi                                                                    
+                exit 0                                                                
+        else                                                                          
+                echo -n $"Starting $progname "                                        
+                RETVAL=1                                                              
+                $program -v $verbose -c $configfile 2>%1 >> $logfile &                
+                echo                                                                  
+                RETVAL=$?                                                             
+                if [ $RETVAL -eq 0  ]; then                                           
+                        echo $! > $pidfile                                            
+                        echo " started"                                               
+                else                                                                  
+                        echo " not started"                                           
+                        echo $RETVAL                                                  
+                        exit 0                                                        
+                fi                                                                    
+                RETVAL=$?                                                             
+        fi                                                                            
+;;                                                                                    
+'stop')                                                                               
+        if [ -f $pidfile ]; then                                                      
+                echo -n $"Stop $progname "                                            
+                PID=`cat $pidfile`                                                    
+                kill -s TERM $PID 2> /dev/null                                        
+                echo                                                                  
+                sleep $restart_delay
+                rm $pidfile
+                echo " stopped"
+        else
+                echo "$progname not running"
+        fi
+        RETVAL=$?
+;;
+'status')
+        if [ -f $pidfile ]; then
+                PID=`cat $pidfile`
+                running=`ps --no-headers -o "%c" -p $PID`
+                if ( [ "$progname" == "$running" ] ); then
+                        echo "$progname IS running with PID `cat $pidfile`."
+                else
+                        echo "$progname process is dead or stale PID File $pidfile"
+                        exit 0
+                fi
+        else
+                echo "$progname is not running"
+                exit 0
+        fi
+;;
+'restart')
+        $0 stop
+        $0 start
+        RETVAL=$?
+;;
+
+'restartifdown')
+        if [ -f $pidfile ]; then
+                PID=`cat $pidfile`
+                running=`ps --no-headers -o "%c" -p $PID`
+                if ( [ "$progname" == "$running" ] ); then
+                        echo "$progname IS running with PID `cat $pidfile` - no restart."
+                else
+                        echo "$progname PID $PID seems dead - restart"
+                        $0 stop
+                        $0 start
+                        RETVAL=$?
+                fi
+        else
+                echo "PID file $pidfile found - restart"
+                $0 stop
+                $0 start
+                RETVAL=$?
+        fi
+;;
+
+*)
+        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status|restartifdown} "
+        exit 1;
+;;
+esac
+
+exit $RETVAL