init.d functions [SOLVED]

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I'm trying to use a script someone wrote to start a service. They use Mandrake and have the script at the end of this message.

Searching the internet I came up with: Mandrake.../etc/init.d/functions General purpose functions used by every system script

Does Gentoo have anything like this? What do I need to do? How do I setup Gentoo to start a service?




#! /bin/bash
#
# freeb Start/Stop the freeb daemon.
#
# chkconfig: 345 92 8
# description: freeb is an insurance billing printing daemon that \
# works with the OpenEMR medical record software program
# processname: freeb
# pidfile: /var/run/freeb.pid
#
# Above pidfile will NOT be made
#
# Date: 3/23/2006
# Author: Brady Miller email:brady@sparmy.com
#
# This is a very alpha version. Use at your own risk.
# I am not responsible for any bad things that happen.

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

# Source the /etc/default/freeb file if it exist.
#if [ -f /etc/default/freeb ]; then
# . /etc/default/freeb
# fi

# Some defaults
freeb="/usr/share/freeb/bin/FreeB_Server.pl"
prog="freeb"
RETVAL=0


start() {
gprintf "Starting %s: " "$prog"
#daemon command not working with '&', some binary error
#so will just run without daemon command, should be fine,
#A pid file will not be made
$freeb & < /dev/null
echo " [homemade OK]"
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/freeb
return $RETVAL
}

stop() {
gprintf "Stopping %s: " "$prog"
killproc $freeb
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/freeb
return $RETVAL
}

rhstatus() {
status $freeb
}

restart() {
stop
start
}


case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
restart
;;
status)
rhstatus
;;
*)
gprintf "Usage: %s {start|stop|restart}\n" "$0"
exit 1
esac

exit $?
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