{

# Return

# 0 if daemon has been started

# 1 if daemon was already running

# 2 if daemon could not be started

start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --test > /dev/null \

|| return 1

start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- \

$DAEMON_ARGS 2>/dev/null \

|| return 2

# Add code here, if necessary, that waits for the process to be ready

# to handle requests from services started subsequently which depend

# on this one. As a last resort, sleep for some time.

{

# Return

# 0 if daemon has been stopped

# 1 if daemon was already stopped

# 2 if daemon could not be stopped

# other if a failure occurred

start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=QUIT/$TIMEOUT/TERM/5/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME

[ "$?" != 0 ] && [ "$?" != 1 ] && start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=QUIT/$TIMEOUT/TERM/5/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME

RETVAL="$?"

[ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2

# Wait for children to finish too if this is a daemon that forks

# and if the daemon is only ever run from this initscript.

# If the above conditions are not satisfied then add some other code

# that waits for the process to drop all resources that could be

# needed by services started subsequently. A last resort is to

# sleep for some time.

start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry=0/$TIMEOUT/TERM/5/KILL/5 --exec $DAEMON

[ "$?" = 2 ] && return 2

# Many daemons don't delete their pidfiles when they exit.

rm -f $PIDFILE

return "$RETVAL"

#

# If the daemon can reload its configuration without

# restarting (for example, when it is sent a SIGHUP),

# then implement that here.

#

start-stop-daemon --stop --signal USR2 --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME

return 0