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init file for remotecontrol service on Raspbian
#!/bin/sh
# from http://blog.scphillips.com/posts/2013/07/getting-a-python-script-to-run-in-the-background-as-a-service-on-boot/
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: remotecontrol
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: A service for a web server that handles remote controlled outles
# Description: The service runs a Flask application that exposes a web api and an AngularJS app
### END INIT INFO
DIR=/home/[USER]/HomeAutomation/RemoteControlApp
DAEMON=$DIR/remotecontrol.py
DAEMON_NAME=remotecontrol
DAEMON_OPTS=""
# Root is needed to use the GPIO pins on the Raspberry
DAEMON_USER=root
PIDFILE=/var/run/$DAEMON_NAME.pid
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
do_start () {
log_daemon_msg "Starting system $DAEMON_NAME daemon"
start-stop-daemon --start --background --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --user $DAEMON_USER --chuid $DAEMON_USER --startas $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
log_end_msg $?
}
do_stop () {
log_daemon_msg "Stopping system $DAEMON_NAME daemon"
start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $PIDFILE --retry 10
log_end_msg $?
}
case "$1" in
start|stop)
do_${1}
;;
restart|reload|force-reload)
do_stop
do_start
;;
status)
status_of_proc "$DAEMON_NAME" "$DAEMON" && exit 0 || exit $?
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$DAEMON_NAME {start|stop|restart|status}"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
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Hello friend, works with python3?

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