gistfile1.txt

# start-stop-daemon -K -n "/root/foo"
no /root/foo found; none killed
# /root/grep-cmdline.bash 
/root/foo
# ps aux | grep foo
 1534 root     bash /root/foo
 2864 root     grep foo

grep-cmdline.bash

#!/usr/bin/env bash

for cl in /proc/*/cmdline; do
        cat $cl | grep foo
done

S51foo

#! /bin/sh

NAME=foo
DAEMON=/root/$NAME

case "$1" in
  start)
    printf "Starting $NAME: "
    start-stop-daemon -S -q -b -x $DAEMON
    [ $? = 0 ] && echo "OK" || echo "FAIL"
    ;;
  stop)
    set -x
    printf "Stopping $NAME: "
    start-stop-daemon -K -q -n $NAME
    [ $? = 0 ] && echo "OK" || echo "FAIL"
    set +x
    ;;
  restart|reload)
    echo "Restarting $NAME: "
    $0 stop
    sleep 1
    $0 start
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload}" >&2
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0