Rsync Init Script

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Below is an init script for starting rsync as a daemon, place it in /etc/init.d/rsync with 755 permissions.

#! /bin/bash
#
# chkconfig:   2345 50 50
# description: The rsync daemon
#pidfile: /var/run/rsyncd.pid

# source function library
 . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

PROG='/usr/bin/rsync'
BASE=${0##*/}

# The config file must contain following line:
#  pid file = /var/run/rsync.pid
OPTIONS="--daemon"

case "$1" in
  start)
    echo -n $"Starting $BASE: "
    daemon $PROG $OPTIONS
    RETVAL=$?
    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/$BASE
    echo
    ;;
  stop)
    echo -n $"Shutting down $BASE: "
    killproc $PROG
    RETVAL=$?
    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$BASE
    echo
    ;;
  restart|force-reload)
    $0 stop
    sleep 1
    $0 start
    ;;
  status)
    status $PROG
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status|force-reload}" >&2
    exit 1
    ;;
esac