Upstart script skeleton

upstart-script-sceleton

#
# put it in /etc/init/app-name.conf
#
# Usage run:
# start app-name
# stop app-name

description "Eldes Alarm Server (Ukmerges g. gate)"
author      "eldes - http://eldes.lt"

# used to be: start on startup
# until we found some mounts weren't ready yet while booting:
start on started mountall
stop on shutdown

# Automatically Respawn:
respawn
respawn limit 99 5

script

    # Not sure why $HOME is needed, but we found that it is:
    export HOME="/eldes"
    cd /path/to/run/script/in/
    exec sh tools/runme.sh > out.txt 2>&1

end script

post-start script

   # Optionally put a script here that will notifiy you app has (re)started
   DATE=$(date +"%F %T")
   cd /path/to/startups/log/
   echo "${DATE}: (re)started" >> startups.log 2>&1

end script