init.d script to launch Play framework under Ubuntu

init.d play

#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
## END INIT INFO

# Path to play install folder
PLAY_HOME=/usr/share/play
PLAY=$PLAY_HOME/play

# Path to the JVM
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk
export JAVA_HOME

# User running the Play process
USER=www-data

# Path to the application
APPLICATION_PATH=/var/www/playapps/NAME_OF_APPLICATION

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "$1" in
    start)
        echo -n "Starting Play service: "
        rm -f ${APPLICATION_PATH}/server.pid    
        su $USER -c "${PLAY} start ${APPLICATION_PATH} --%production >/dev/null"
        RETVAL=$?

        # You may want to start more applications as follows
        # [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && su $USER -c "${PLAY} start application2"
        # RETVAL=$?

        if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
            log_end_msg 0
        else
            log_end_msg 1
        fi  
        ;;  
    stop)
        echo -n "Shutting down Play service: "
        ${PLAY} stop ${APPLICATION_PATH} > /dev/null
        # ${PLAY} stop application2 > /dev/null

        RETVAL=$?

        if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
            log_end_msg 0
        else
            log_end_msg 1
        fi
        ;;
    status)
        ${PLAY} status ${APPLICATION_PATH}
        RETVAL=$?
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status}" >&2
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

exit 0

Does it work on Play 2.2.x? It didn't for me.