for the most part, it works fine.

however, sometimes the pid file disappears (?)
also, "restart" does not work if the daemon is not running already. it
should handle that gracefully.

anyone have a better one? i also have the same issue with "restart" on
my ubuntu version as well...


#!/bin/sh
#
# Init file for nginx
#
# chkconfig: 2345 55 25
# description: Nginx web server
#
# processname: nginx
# config: /usr/local/nginx/nginx.conf
# pidfile: /usr/local/nginx/nginx.pid

# Description: Startup script for nginx webserver on Debian. Place in
/etc/init.d and
# run 'sudo update-rc.d nginx defaults', or use the appropriate command on your
# distro. For CentOS/Redhat run: '/sbin/chkconfig --add nginx'
#
# Author: Ryan Norbauer <ryan.norbauer@gmail.com>
# Modified: Geoffrey Grosenbach http://topfunky.com
# Modified: David Krmpotic http://davidhq.com
# Modified: Vishnu Gopal http://vish.in

set -e

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DESC="nginx daemon"
NAME=nginx
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/nginx
CONFIGFILE=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
PIDFILE=/var/run/nginx.pid
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/nginx

# Gracefully exit if the package has been removed.
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

d_start() {
$DAEMON -c $CONFIGFILE || echo -en "\n already running"
}

d_stop() {
kill -QUIT `cat $PIDFILE` || echo -en "\n not running"
}

d_reload() {
kill -HUP `cat $PIDFILE` || echo -en "\n can't reload"
}

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
d_start
echo "."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME"
d_stop
echo "."
;;
reload)
echo -n "Reloading $DESC configuration..."
d_reload
echo "."
;;
restart)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
d_stop
# One second might not be time enough for a daemon to stop,
# if this happens, d_start will fail (and dpkg will break if
# the package is being upgraded). Change the timeout if needed
# be, or change d_stop to have start-stop-daemon use --retry.
# Notice that using --retry slows down the shutdown process somewhat.
sleep 1
d_start
echo "."
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|reload}" >&2
exit 3
;;
esac

exit 0