stop daemons

stop_daemon.rb

pid_file = "someapp.pid"
pid = File.read pid_file

  begin
    Process.kill 'TERM', pid
  rescue Errno::ESRCH
    puts $!
  end

  require 'timeout'

  $stdout.print 'Wating the process being killed.'
  $stdout.refresh

  begin
    Timeout.timeout(60) {
      loop do
        begin
          $stdout.print '.'
          $stdout.refresh
          Process.kill 0, pid
        rescue Errno::ESRCH
          break
        end
      end
    }
  rescue Timeout::Error
    puts "\nKill it!"
    Process.kill 'KILL', pid rescue nil
  end

  rm pid_file