svnserve, wrapper for svn daemon, tested with CentOS 6.3 edited to support custom installation prefix (default: /usr/local)

svnserve.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
#   /etc/init.d/subversion
#
# Starts the Subversion Daemon
#
# chkconfig: 2345 90 10
# description: Subversion Daemon


# copied from http://www.svnforum.org/threads/31170-init.d-script-for-fedora-redhat


# processname: svnserve

source /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

prefix="/usr/local"
[ -x "$prefix/bin/svnserve" ] || exit 1

### Default variables
SYSCONFIG="/etc/sysconfig/subversion"

### Read configuration
[ -r "$SYSCONFIG" ] && source "$SYSCONFIG"

RETVAL=0
prog="svnserve"
desc="Subversion Daemon"

start() {
        echo -n $"Starting $desc ($prog): "
        daemon --user ${RUNAS:-$USER} $prefix/bin/$prog -d $OPTIONS
        RETVAL=$?
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/$prog
        echo
}

stop() {
        echo -n $"Shutting down $desc ($prog): "
        killproc $prog
        RETVAL=$?
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && success || failure
        echo
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$prog
        return $RETVAL
}


case "$1" in
  start)
        start
        ;;
  stop)
        stop
        ;;
  restart)
        stop
        start
        RETVAL=$?
        ;;
  condrestart)
        [ -e /var/lock/subsys/$prog ] && restart
        RETVAL=$?
        ;;
  *)
        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|condrestart}"
        RETVAL=1
esac

exit $RETVAL