Command Line Init Script Generator For Linux Or Unix

Jun 16, 2009, 04:34 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Mike Tremell)

[ Thanks to Mike Golvach for this link. ]

"This script includes several updates (which haven't been tested to perfection - so feel free to write in with complaints ;) such as the ability to use command line arguments to specify a wider variety of options, set some to default and not even enter any (except three) if you don't want to. Actually, the only three required arguments are the name of the program you want to start with the init script you generate, the fully qualified name of the same program and the name of the init script itself. All the other options are easily displayed by just running the command without any arguments, like so:"

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