synology service script template

serviceX.sh

#!/bin/sh

path="/path/to"
binary="executable"
parameters="--some-params"
background=1
logpath="/opt/var/log"

case "$1" in
  start)
    if ( pidof ${binary} )
    then echo "${binary} is already running."
    else
        echo "Starting ${binary}" ;
        if  [ ${background} -eq 1 ]
        then (exec ${path}/${binary} ${parameters}) & disown
        else (exec ${path}/${binary} ${parameters})
    fi
        echo "$(date) Started ${binary}" >> ${logpath}/${binary}.log ;
    fi
    ;;
  stop)
    if ( pidof ${binary} )
    then
        echo "Stopping ${binary}";
        killall ${binary}
        echo "$(date) Stopped ${binary}" >> ${logpath}/${binary}.log
    else
        echo "${binary} was not running" ;
    fi
    ;;
  status)
    if ( pidof ${binary} )
    then echo "${binary} is running."
    else echo "${binary} is NOT running"
    fi
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0