>> # /etc/init.d/script restart << this runs fine, returns my shell prompt
>> # exit << When I enter this command, my shell window just stays
>> "stuck" and actually won't close down.
>>
>> Anyone know why this happens?
>
> Are you spawning/backgrounding jobs in the script?
Here is the script, it is a fairly simple start/stop/reset script that
was written by Jay Farschman. One other question I had about this
script is what the "$PROG" variable in the stop() function is for.
#!/bin/sh
#
# swatchrc This shell script takes care of starting and stopping
# swatch.
#
# chkconfig: 2345 81 31
# description: Swatch is a System WATCHdog program that we are
# using here to block repeated failed ssh logins.
# processname: swatch
# Replace --tail-file with the file you wish to watch, see /etc/swatch/swatchrc
RETVAL=0
test -x /usr/bin/swatch || exit 0
start(){
echo "Starting swatch"
# Spawn a new swatch program
/usr/bin/swatch --daemon --config-file=/etc/swatch/swatchrc
--tail-file=/u
sr/local/ha-tomcat/logs/catalina.out
--pid-file=/var/run/swatch.pid
echo $PID
return $RETVAL
}
stop () {
# stop daemon
echo "Stopping swatch:" $PROG
kill -9 `cat /var/run/swatch.pid`
rm -f /var/run/swatch.pid
killall tail
return $RETVAL
}
restart () {
stop
start
RETVAL=$?
return $RETVAL
}
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
restart
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
RETVAL=1
esac
exit $RETVAL
