OpenRC runscript - Application

OpenRC runscript is an application created in 2007 by Roy Marples.

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17Years Old

Download source code:

git clone https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc

OpenRC is basically an interpreter for shell scripts which provides an easy interface to the often complex system commands and daemons. When a service runs a command it first loads its multiplexed configuration file, then its master configuration file, then /etc/rc.conf and finally the script itself. At this point then runs the command given.

Tags: application
OpenRC runscript is developed on GitHub and has 1,416 stars
Early development of OpenRC runscript happened in https://roy.marples.name/projects
OpenRC runscript is written in Meson, C, Bourne shell, Markdown, YAML, Perl
GitHub supports syntax highlighting for OpenRC runscript
Read more about OpenRC runscript on the web: 1.

Example from the web:

#!/sbin/openrc-run
command=/usr/bin/foo
command_args="${foo_args} --bar"
pidfile=/var/run/foo.pid
name="FooBar Daemon"

description="FooBar is a daemon that eats and drinks"
extra_commands="show"
extra_started_commands="drink eat"
description_drink="Opens mouth and reflexively swallows"
description_eat="Chews food in mouth"
description_show="Shows what's in the tummy"

_need_dbus()
{
    grep -q dbus /etc/foo/plugins
}

depend()
{
    # We write a pidfile and to /var/cache, so we need localmount.
    need localmount
    # We can optionally use the network, but it's not essential.
    use net
    # We should be after bootmisc so that /var/run is cleaned before
    # we put our pidfile there.
    after bootmisc

    # Foo may use a dbus plugin.
    # However, if we add the dbus plugin whilst foo is running and
    # stop dbus, we don't need to stop foo as foo didn't use dbus.
    config /etc/foo/plugins
    local _need=
    if service_started; then
        _need=`service_get_value need`
    else
        if _need_dbus; then
           _need="${_need} dbus"
        fi
    fi
    need ${_need}
}

# This function does any pre-start setup. If it fails, the service will
# not be started.
# If you need this function to behave differently for a restart command,
# you should check the value of RC_CMD for "restart".
# This also applies to start_post, stop_pre and stop_post.
start_pre()
{
        if [ "$RC_CMD" = restart ]; then
                # This block will only execute for a restart command. Use a
                # structure like this if you need special processing for a
                # restart which you do not need for a normal start.
                # The function can also fail from here, which will mean that a
                # restart can fail.
                # This logic can also be used in start_post, stop_pre and
                # stop_post.
        fi
    # Ensure that our dirs are correct
    checkpath --directory --owner foo:foo --mode 0775 \
        /var/run/foo /var/cache/foo
}

start_post()
{
    # Save our need
    if _need_dbus; then
        service_set_value need dbus
    fi
}

stop_post() {
    # Clean any spills
    rm -rf /var/cache/foo/*
}

drink()
{
    ebegin "Starting to drink"
    ${command} --drink beer
    eend $? "Failed to drink any beer :("
}

eat()
{
    local result=0 retval= ate= food=
    ebegin "Starting to eat"

    if yesno "${foo_diet}"; then
        eend 1 "We are on a diet!"
        return 1
    fi

    for food in /usr/share/food/*; do
        veinfo "Eating `basename ${food}`"
        ${command} --eat ${food}
        retval=$?
        : $(( result += retval ))
        [ ${retval} = 0 ] && ate="${ate} `basename ${food}`"
    done

    if eend ${result} "Failed to eat all the food"; then
        service_set_value ate "${ate}"
    fi
}

show()
{
    einfo "Foo has eaten: `service_get_value ate`"
}

Example from Linguist:

#!/sbin/openrc-run

description="Daemon for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface"

extra_started_commands="reload"
command="/usr/sbin/acpid"
command_args="$ACPID_ARGS"
start_stop_daemon_args="--quiet"

depend() {
	need localmount
	use logger
}

reload() {
	ebegin "Reloading acpid configuration"
	start-stop-daemon --exec $command --signal HUP
	eend $?
}