Init script doesn’t work properly by using “service” command

Question

I have the following startup script, which should either start or stop a screen in detached mode:

#!/bin/sh

# node2
# Maintainer: @KittBlog
# Authors: [email protected]

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          node2
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: node2 in screen detached mode
# Description:       node2 in screen detached mode
# chkconfig: - 85 14
### END INIT INFO
NODE_NAME=node2
SCREEN=$(which screen)
SCRIPT_PATH=/home/jail/

do_start() {
    if !($SCREEN -r | grep -o "[0-9]*\.$NODE_NAME"); then
        $SCREEN -S $NODE_NAME -d -m $SCRIPT_PATH/start-npm.sh
    fi
}

do_stop() {
    for session in $($SCREEN -r | grep -o "[0-9]*\.$NODE_NAME"); do
        $SCREEN -S "${session}" -X quit
    done
}

case "$1" in
    start|stop)
        do_$1
        ;;
    restart)
        do_stop
        do_start
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac
exit 0

It works properly if I start the script manually or if I use it by calling /etc/init.d/node2 {start|stop|restart}.

Also using service node2 start works fine except that the if clause is getting ignored, so that there is always a new screen detached even if there already is one.

The problem is that service node2 stop doesn’t work. I know that service runs the script in a “predictable environment”. Is that a problem here? Can’t I use the $SCREEN -r | grep -o "[0-9]*\.$NODE_NAME" in order to determine if there already is an active screen in this environment?

Answer 1

According manpage use $SCREEN -ls in order to determine if there already is an active screen in this environment. If there is no logs of your script in /var/log/upstart then try to add debug info in your script