Trying to create init script

[Paul Howarth]

Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Currently, I start a proprietary map application from /etc/rc.local,
> which works fine.  I would now like to use chkconfig to manage the app,
> so an init script is in order.  However, the app doesn't create it's own
> PID, so using "daemon" in the init script does not work - it won't fork!
> 
> I've googled around to try to figure out how to get around this, but I
> haven't found many tips.  I did locate some helpful hints, such as this:
> 
> http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/doc/faq.php (question #3)
> 
> But, it's still not working quite right: the app doesn't go into the
> background.
> 
> I haven't done this before, so I am fumbling around a bit.  I'd
> appreciate any tips, or pointers to online help.
> 
> BTW, I'm attempting this on a Fedora Core 4 system, though I'm sure in
> this case the Fedora version doesn't really matter.

I had the same problem when creating initscripts for the bittorrent 
package in Fedora Extras.

See:
http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/devel/bittorrent/btseed.init?root=extras&view=markup 


for what I ended up with.

Paul.