[Voyage-linux] log the stdout of a process started by start-stop-daemon

[Toni Castelli]

Yes, sorry thats a typo, I actually use what you wrote logFile=/var/log/test.log 

When I start the script manually “/etc/init.d/script start” it runs my program ok and generates the proper log file, the problem is that after rebooting, my program starts automatically but the no log file is created.
   

From: Francisco José Sánchez 
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 6:13 PM
To: Toni Castelli 
Cc: voyage-linux at voyage.hk 
Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] log the stdout of a process started by start-stop-daemon

Hello Toni, 

2012/3/27 Toni Castelli <acastelli at keonn.com>

  Hello, I’m having some trouble trying to log the stdout and the stderror  generated by an application when it is started by an init.d script.

  What im trying to run is something like this:

  $logFile=/var/log/test.log

is wrong variable assignation (really is a error in your script o is a error the transcription email?)

  logFile=/var/log/test.log




  if [ ! "$logFile" == "" ]; then
                 touch $logFile || exit 2
                 start-stop-daemon --start --make-pidfile  --pidfile $PIDFILE  --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS  >> $logFile 2>&1 &
  else ....

when you verify exists a file, use param -f . Example

  if [ -f $logFile ]; then
    <code true>
  else 
    <code false>
  fi

  or this other example

  if [ ! -f $logFile ]; then
    <code false condition>
  else 
    <code true condition>
  fi


but I don't know what yo want to do.


  when I try to run the script from bash it works perfectly, but when it runs after a reboot, the log file isn’t generated. I’m suspecting it could be a matter of mounting the file system after starting my script, but I’ve checked the execution number and its the last one it shares the number with some other processes). Anyone can guess what’s wrong with the code?

best regards.

PD: Excuse me English language, but spanish user ;-)


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