A SysV init script for nxlog on RHEL 5 box (/etc/init.d/nxlog)

nxlog

#! /bin/bash
#
# nxlog          Start/Stop the nxlog log handler 
#
# chkconfig: 2345 90 60
# description: nxlog is an open-source, cross-platform log handler.
# processname: nxlog
# config: /usr/local/etc/nxlog/nxlog.conf
# pidfile: /var/run/nxlog.pid

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

RETVAL=0

prog=nxlog
exec=/usr/local/bin/nxlog

# Source config
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/$prog ] ; then
	. /etc/sysconfig/$prog
fi

start() {
	[ -x $exec ] || exit 5

        echo -n $"Starting nxlog: "
	$exec 
        RETVAL=$?
        echo
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]
        return $RETVAL
}
stop() {
        echo -n $"Shutting down nxlog: "
	$exec -s
        RETVAL=$?
        echo
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]
        return $RETVAL
}
reload()  {
    RETVAL=1
    echo -n "Reloading nxlog..."
    $exec -r
    RETVAL=$?
    if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then
	failure
    else
	success
    fi
    echo
    return $RETVAL
}
rhstatus() {
    /sbin/pidof $prog
    RETVAL=$?
    echo return $RETVAL
}
restart() {
        stop
        start
}

case "$1" in
  start)
        start
        ;;
  stop)
        stop
        ;;
  restart)
        restart
        ;;
  reload|force-reload)
	reload
	;;
  status)
        rhstatus
        ;;
  condrestart|try-restart)
	rhstatus >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0
	restart
        ;;
  *)
        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|condrestart|try-restart|reload|force-reload|status}"
        exit 2
esac

exit $?