Zoneminder Init Script

This is the 1.30.4 /etc/init.d/zoneminder script for use with sysvinit compatible init systems.

#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          zoneminder
# Required-Start:    $network $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $network $remote_fs $syslog
# Should-Start:      mysql
# Should-Stop:       mysql
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description:  Control ZoneMinder as a Service
# Description: ZoneMinder CCTV recording and surveillance system
### END INIT INFO
# chkconfig: 2345 20 20

# Source function library.
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

prog=ZoneMinder
ZM_PATH_BIN="/usr/bin"
RUNDIR="/var/run/zm"
TMPDIR="/tmp/zm"
command="$ZM_PATH_BIN/zmpkg.pl"

start() {
        echo -n "Starting $prog: "
        # Wait for mysqld to start. Continue if it takes too long.
            count=0
            while [ ! -e /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock ] && [ $count -lt 60 ]
                do
                    sleep 1
                    count=$((count+1))
            done
        export TZ=:/etc/localtime
        mkdir -p "$RUNDIR" && chown www-data:www-data "$RUNDIR"
        mkdir -p "$TMPDIR" && chown www-data:www-data "$TMPDIR"
        $command start
        RETVAL=$?
        [ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo success
        [ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo failure
        echo
        [ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch /var/lock/zm
        return $RETVAL
}
stop() {
        echo -n "Stopping $prog: "
        #
        # Why is this status check being done?
        # as $command stop returns 1 if zoneminder
        # is stopped, which will result in
        # this returning 1, which will stuff
        # dpkg when it tries to stop zoneminder before
        # uninstalling . . .
        #
        result=`$command status`
        if [ ! "$result" = "running" ]; then
                echo "Zoneminder already stopped"
                echo
                RETVAL=0
        else
                $command stop
                RETVAL=$?
                [ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo success
                [ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo failure
                echo
                [ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/zm
        fi
}
status() {
        result=`$command status`
        if [ "$result" = "running" ]; then
                echo "ZoneMinder is running"
                RETVAL=0
        else
                echo "ZoneMinder is stopped"
                RETVAL=1
        fi
}

case "$1" in
'start')
        start
        ;;
'stop')
        stop
        ;;
'restart' | 'force-reload')
        stop
        start
        ;;
'status')
        status
        ;;
*)
        echo "Usage: $0 { start | stop | restart | status }"
        RETVAL=1
        ;;
esac
exit $RETVAL