[exim] New exim file for /etc/init.d

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Author: Marc Perkel
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] New exim file for /etc/init.d
Thanks for your help in developing this. Here's the final working version. Phil might want to include it in the Exim package.

#!/bin/bash
#
# exim    This shell script takes care of starting and stopping exim
#
# chkconfig: 2345 80 30
# description: Exim is a Mail Transport Agent, which is the program \
#              that moves mail from one machine to another.
# processname: exim
# config: /etc/exim/exim.conf
# pidfile: /var/spool/exim/exim-daemon.pid


# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

# Source exim configureation.
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/exim ] ; then
    . /etc/sysconfig/exim
else
    DAEMON=yes
    QUEUE=1h
fi


# Check that networking is up.
[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0

[ -f /usr/sbin/exim ] || exit 0

start() {
        # Start daemons.
        echo -n $"Starting $0: "
        daemon /usr/sbin/exim $([ "$DAEMON" = yes ] && echo -bd) \
                              $([ -n "$QUEUE" ] && echo -q$QUEUE)
        RETVAL=$?
        echo
        [ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/exim
}


stop() {
        # Stop daemons.
        echo -n $"Shutting down $0: "
        killproc exim
    RETVAL=$?
        echo
        [ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/exim
}


restart() {
    stop
    start
}


reload() {
    kill -HUP `cat /var/spool/exim/exim-daemon.pid` || restart
}



# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
    start
    ;;
  stop)
    stop
    ;;
  restart)
    restart
    ;;
  reload)
    reload
    ;;
  condrestart)
     [ -f /var/lock/subsys/exim ] && {
        stop
        [ -x /bin/chown ] && /bin/chown mail.mail -R /var/spool/exim
        start
    } || {
        [ -x /bin/chown ] && /bin/chown mail.mail -R /var/spool/exim
    }
    ;;
  status)
    status exim
    ;;
  *)
    echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status|condrestart}"
    exit 1
esac


exit $RETVAL