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LIRC startup script /etc/init.d/lircd
#! /bin/sh
#
# This is an init script for Debian Sid
# Copy it to /etc/init.d/lirc and type
# > update-rc.d lirc defaults 20
#
test -f /usr/local/sbin/lircd || exit 0
case "$1" in
start)
# in case your lirc dev points are not created automatically, the next
# line will create them.
test -c /dev/lirc || (mkdir -p -- . /dev && /bin/mknod /dev/lirc c 61 0)
echo -n "Starting lirc daemon: lircd"
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/local/sbin/lircd -- --device=/dev/lirc
echo "."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping lirc daemon: lircd"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec /usr/local/sbin/lircd
echo "."
;;
reload|force-reload)
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --signal 1 --exec /usr/local/sbin/lircd
;;
restart)
echo -n "Stopping lirc daemon: lircd"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec /usr/local/sbin/lircd
sleep 1
echo -n "Starting lirc daemon: lircd"
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/local/sbin/lircd -- --device=/dev/lirc
echo "."
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/lircd {start|stop|reload|restart|force-reload}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
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