A simple pattern for init scripts...just for munna.

init pattern

#!/bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          SERVICE_NAME
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: SERVICE_DESCRIPTION
# Description:       starts named service using start-stop-daemon
### END INIT INFO

SVC_HOME=/opt/myService
SVC_USER=myServiceUser
SVC_LOG=/var/log/myService.log
SVC_NAME=myService

SVC_COMMAND="java -jar /opt/myService/executable.jar"

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:$SVC_HOME

startServer(){
    echo -n "Starting $SVC_NAME: "
    echo "$0 start" >> $SVC_LOG
    chown $SVC_USER: $SVC_LOG
    chown $SVC_USER: $SVC_HOME -R
    statusCheck && echo "Service is already running." && exit 0
    su \
        -c "cd $SVC_HOME; nohup $SVC_COMMAND &>>$SVC_LOG &" \
        -l $SVC_USER || {
           echo "error starting $SVC_NAME."
           exit 1
    }
    prettySleep 5  
}

stopServer(){
    echo -n "Stopping $SVC_NAME: "
    echo "$0 stop" >> $SVC_LOG
    statusCheck || echo "Service is already stopped." && exit 0
    for pid in "$(ps aux 2>/dev/null | grep -v grep | grep -v init | grep $SVC_COMMAND | awk '{print $2}')";do
        echo -n "  kill process: $pid"
        kill -9 $pid 2> /dev/null || {
            echo "[FAILED]"
            exit 1
        }
        echo "SERVICE STOPPED" >> $SVC_LOG
        echo "[OK]"
    done
}
serviceCheck(){
    #Return 0 if running, 1 if not.
    echo "Checking status"
}
prettySleep(){
    echo "waiting...";for i in $(seq 1 1 $1); do echo -n ".";sleep 1;done;echo " "
}

case "$1" in
    start)
        startServer
        ;;
    stop)
        stopServer
        ;;

    restart)
        stopServer
        startServer
        ;;
    status)
        serviceCheck 
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $NAME {start|stop|restart|status}" >&2
        STATE=1
        ;;
esac