[amphetadesk-develop] Setup amphetadesk as auto start service

[Digant C K. <di...@di...>]

Hello,

I'm fairly new to Linux but I think I got this stuff right.  Here are 
the steps that have to be taken to add Ampheta Desk as an autostarting 
service.

1) Save the attached file as /etc/init.d/amphetadesk.
2) chmod 755 amphetadesk
3) Using your favorite text editor, edit the file and update the 
variables under the CONFIGURE section.  The only variable you absolutely 
have to change is the ADEXEC variable (you can find the value for this 
variable by running locate AmphetaDesk.pl).
4) chkconfig --add amphetadesk
5) service amphetadesk start


The amphetadesk file is below.  Copy and paste the section between the 
BEGIN and END tags into a file called amphetadesk.

---------------[ BEGIN ]---------------
#!/bin/bash
#
# AmphetaDesk		Start/Stop the AmphetaDesk application.
#
# chkconfig: 2345 55 25
# description: 		AmphetaDesk is an open source new aggregator \
#			available at http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk
# processname: amphetadesk

# CONFIGURE THE FOlLOWING OPTIONS
# ADEXEC = the path and executable name for Ampheta Desk
ADEXEC=/var/ampheta/AmphetaDesk.pl
# LOGFILE = file or device to send stdout text to
LOGFILE=/dev/null
# LOCKPATH = path to the lock file (no trailing slash)
LOCKPATH=/var/lock/subsys

# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions

RETVAL=0

stop()	{
	echo -n "Stopping AmphetaDesk: "
	killproc $ADEXEC
	RETVAL=$?
	echo
	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $LOCKPATH/amphetadesk
	return $RETVAL
}

start()	{
	echo -n "Starting AmphetaDesk: "
	if [ ! -e $LOCKPATH/amphetadesk ] 
	then
		$ADEXEC > $LOGFILE &
		RETVAL=$?
	else
		echo -n "App already running...."
		RETVAL=1
	fi
	echo
	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $LOCKPATH/amphetadesk
	return $RETVAL
}

restart() {
	stop
	start
	RETVAL=$?
	return $RETVAL
}

# Process command/parameter
case "$1" in
	start)
		start
		;;
	stop)
		stop
		;;
	status)
		status $ADEXEC
		RETVAL=$?
		;;
	restart)
		restart
		;;
	*)
		echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
		RETVAL=1
esac
exit $RETVAL

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