Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 18:20:15 +0000 From: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> To: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> Cc: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, edgar <edgar@pettijohn-web.com> Subject: Re: Need help with rc.d script Message-ID: <CALfReyeNTCTbyOGmqH2oEPxB3HNrrO9Cfc0ABLARBVZ5up4D8Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5A0481AE.7050504@gmail.com> References: <mailman.444.1510052978.1530.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <20171108021900.W9710@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <CALfReyfuTFH25fAcG=CEL=p0XNyfQVVNi0EGxFwS-Ddv3QWY3A@mail.gmail.com> <5A0481AE.7050504@gmail.com>
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I try to write things that work 8)
On 9 November 2017 at 16:26, Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> wrote:
> krad wrote:
>
>> true, but it will probably handle it better, unless you reinvent the
>> wheel, and it is part of the base OS
>>
>>
> Here Krad is talking about using the daemon command. I had tried this
> before without any joy.
>
> So I gave it another try based on the script he provided.
> It worked, much joy.
> This is the working testloop scripts,
>
>
> >cat /usr/local/etc/rc.d/testloop.daemon
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> #
> # PROVIDE: testloop
> # REQUIRE: LOGIN DAEMON NETWORKING
> # KEYWORD: nojail shutdown
> #
> # Add the following line to /etc/rc.conf to enable testloop:
> #
> # testloop_enable="YES"
> #
>
> . /etc/rc.subr
>
> name="testloop"
> rcvar=testloop_enable
> pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
> command="/usr/sbin/daemon"
> load_rc_config ${name}
> command_args="-P ${pidfile} /usr/local/sbin/${name}"
> run_rc_command "$1"
>
>
>
> >cat /usr/local/sbin/testloop
> #!/bin/sh
> while true; do
> echo -e "Success:"
> logger -t testloop -p daemon.err "Success: log"
> sleep 10
> done
> exit 0
>
>
>
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