gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/sh

PIDFILE=/var/run/redis_6379.pid
EXEC=/usr/local/bin/redis-server
CONF="/etc/redis/6379.conf"
REDISPORT=6379

case "$1" in
    start)
        if [ -f $PIDFILE ]
        then
                echo -n "$PIDFILE exists, process is already running or crashed\n"
        else
                echo -n "Starting Redis server...\n"
                $EXEC $CONF
        fi
        ;;
    stop)
        if [ ! -f $PIDFILE ]
        then
                echo -n "$PIDFILE does not exist, process is not running\n"
        else
                echo -n "Stopping ...\n"
                echo -n "shutdown\r\n" | nc localhost $REDISPORT &
                PID=$(cat $PIDFILE)
                while [ -x /proc/${PIDFILE} ]
                do
                    echo "Waiting for Redis shutdown ..."
                    sleep 1
                done
                rm $PIDFILE
                echo "Redis stopped"
        fi
        ;;
esac