Jan Danielsson --> netbsd-help (2006-02-03 14:19:54 +0100):
> Hello all,
> 
>    I have written a small python script which gathers statistics and
> stores it in a database. Now I would like to launch (and stop) it using
> the rc.d/ system.
> 
>    This is what I tried to use (without knowing much about how it all
> works):
> 
> -------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> # PROVIDE: pflogger
> # REQUIRE: pf pgsql
> # KEYWORD: shutdown
> 
> $_rc_subr_loaded . /etc/rc.subr
> 
> name="pflogger"
> rcvar=$name
> command="/usr/local/bin/${name}.py"
> pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
> 
> load_rc_config $name
> run_rc_command "$1"
> -------------------------------
> 
>    Problem is, this doesn't launch the script in a background process, i.e.:
> 
> # /usr/local/bin/pflogger.py &
> 
>    How do I accomplish this, and how so I make it stoppable via
> "/etc/rc.d/pflogger stop" ?

To start the script in the background, set

	command_args='&'

in your rc script. To be able to shut down the process, just add

	command_interpreter='/path/to/your/python/binary'

to the rc script; `/etc/rc.d/your-script stop' should work now.


HTH, Jukka

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