From: Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@...>
Date: 2006-03-14T02:14:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Init Script Installer


On Mar 13, 2006, at 7:51 AM, zdennis wrote:

> Checking for feedback this morning on this thread I see that my  
> post doesn't make a whole lot sense. Perhaps a rephrase will help  
> it out, as mentionend previously I wrote an init script installer.  
> Currently you run it like:
>   ruby install_init_script.rb myscriptname /path/to/where/script/ 
> should/be/run
>
> This will create an /etc/init.d script which which utilizes the  
> start-stop-daemon (i am on a debian system). It will handle forking  
> your program for you and it will run it in the background as a  
> system daemon.
>
> Right now that is all it does. I would like to have it wrap the  
> script itself in code that generates the pid file for the user and  
> handles removing it etc.. I am thinking of doing something like:
>
>   init_script_install( scriptname, path2scriptdir ) do |script,  
> rootdir|
>      ensure_script_exists rootdir + '/' + script
>       
> create_and_install :initscript, :script=>script, :rootdir=>rootdir, :t 
> o => '/etc/init.d/'
>      create_and_install :scriptwrapper, :script=>script
>   end
>
> Where the first 'create_and_install :initscript' creates the init  
> script, and the second part creates a wrapper for it which handles  
> the creation and removal of the pid file. For the wrapper I think I  
> need to either rename the original script, and put my wrapper in  
> it's place, then have my wrapper require the renamed script, or I  
> need to modify the contents of the script itself.
>
> Anyone have any ideas or thoughts on this? I'm not looking for  
> code, just input and opinions. I would like to get a decent base so  
> I can expand this to handle other types of system init scripts ( I  
> believe RH doesn't use start-stop-daemon like debian does, etc.. )  
> before I release on rubyforge. Thanks,
>
> Zach


Zach-

	I could use a script like this. i think its a good idea. Will you be  
sharing the code? I can help test it for you if you want.

Cheers-
-Ezra