Re: init.d startup script does not exit
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Thank you! It worked!
So, what does that & mean?
- - Rex
Clifford W. Hansen wrote:
> On Sunday 14 September 2008 08:35:13 rex wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a script that launches a program. If I launch this program
>> manually, it keeps on running in the shell. It is a webserver, so I
>> need it running all the time. However, if I exit the shell, it kills
>> the webserver.
>>
>> I tried putting links to it in the rc0.d, rc1.d etc to make it start
>> during startup, but it keeps on going during startup and never starts
>> the other services.
>>
>> here is my script in /etc/init.d/coldfusion
>>
>> #!/bin/sh -e
>> sAppName="ColdFusion 8"
>> sUser=cfuser
>> COLDFUSION_HOME=/opt/jrun4
>> case "$1" in
>> start)
>> echo "Starting ${sAppName} as user $sUser..."
>> su ${sUser} -c "$COLDFUSION_HOME/bin/jrun -start instance01"
>> exit 0
>> ;;
>> stop)
>> echo "Stopping ${sAppName}..."
>> su ${sUser} -c "$COLDFUSION_HOME/bin/jrun -stop instance01"
>> ;;
>> restart)
>> echo "Restarting ${sAppName}..."
>> su ${sUser} -c "$COLDFUSION_HOME/bin/jrun -restart instance01"
>> ;;
>> status)
>> su ${sUser} -c "$COLDFUSION_HOME/bin/jrun -status instance01"
>> ;;
>> *)
>> echo "usage: /etc/init.d/coldfusion {stop|start|restart|status}"
>> exit 1
>> esac
>> exit 0
>> ###### EOF
>>
>> When I run #/etc/init.d/coldfusion start, it displays the startup
>> messages, until it hits:
>>
>> 09/13 23:31:40 info Deploying EJB "JRunSQLInvoker" from:
>> file:/opt/jrun4/lib/jrun-comp.ear
>> Server instance01 ready (startup time: 23 seconds)
>>
>> and then the program/cursor is just there, waiting... forever...
>>
>> It does not exit. If this was in the startup, I would never get to the
>> user login.
>>
>> And, if I press Ctrl-C, then the program terminates, but then webserver
>> is dead.
>>
>> Any suggestions please?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> - Rex
>
> Rex,
>
> I'm not sure if there is a better way to do this, but you could try adding a &
> at the end of the start line:
> su ${sUser} -c "$COLDFUSION_HOME/bin/jrun -start instance01" &
>
> HTH
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