A linux daemon init script

sushi.sh

#!/bin/sh

set -e

DEPLOY_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname $0 )" && pwd )"
NAME=sushi
PIDFILE=${DEPLOY_DIR}/tmp/$NAME.pid
#This is the command to be run, give the full pathname
DAEMON=${DEPLOY_DIR}/${NAME}

getLatestAvroModel() {
  ls -cA1 ${MODEL_PATH}/avro/* | head -n1
}

case "$1" in
  start)
        echo -n "Starting daemon: "$NAME
        MODEL_FILE=$(getLatestAvroModel)
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --make-pidfile --pidfile $PIDFILE --background --exec $DAEMON ${MODEL_FILE} ${DEPLOY_DIR}/sushi.log
        echo "."
        ;;
  stop)
        echo -n "Stopping daemon: "$NAME
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE
        rm -f $PIDFILE
        echo "."
        ;;
  restart)
        echo -n "Restarting daemon: "$NAME
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry 30 --pidfile $PIDFILE
        rm -f $PIDFILE
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --make-pidfile --pidfile $PIDFILE --background --exec $DAEMON
        echo "."
        ;;

  *)
        echo "Usage: "$1" {start|stop|restart}"
        exit 1
esac

exit 0