First version of an /etc/init.d/supybot script targeted at Debian systems.

Additional checks will be required for validating that absolute
pathnames are used in the conf file.  This script should be considered
experimental until the pathname validation issues can be addressed,
perhaps with additional command-line arguments.

sandbox/supybot

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+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# startbot      /etc/init.d/ script for running an irc bot.
+#
+#               This is untested and not recommended for use yet!
+#               See the supybot documentation.
+#
+# Author:       Grant Bowman <grantbow@grantbow.com>
+#
+# Version:      $Id$
+#               @(#)skeleton  1.9.4  21-Mar-2004  miquels@cistron.nl
+#
+
+set -e
+
+PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+DAEMON=/usr/bin/supybot
+NAME=supybot
+DESC="irc bot"
+
+PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
+SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
+CONFFILE=/etc/$NAME.conf
+
+# Gracefully exit if the package has been removed.
+test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+	echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
+	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
+		--exec $DAEMON $CONFFILE
+	echo "."
+	;;
+  stop)
+	echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
+		--exec $DAEMON $CONFFILE
+	echo "."
+	;;
+  restart|force-reload)
+	echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile \
+		$PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON $CONFFILE
+	sleep 1
+	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile \
+		$PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON $CONFFILE
+	echo "."
+	;;
+  *)
+	echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac
+
+exit 0