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