The alert-tracks script should write a log file.

It should also be automatically restarted if it dies
and the init.d script should not start the daemon
if it is already running (i.e. we should use --startas instead of --exec, when invoking start-stop-daemon).

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/script/runner b/script/runner
index c12421aa2..8cb4ec9d1 100755
--- a/script/runner
+++ b/script/runner
@@ -6,22 +6,34 @@ script_dir = File.dirname(__FILE__)
 alaveteli_dir = File.join(script_dir, "..")
 
 Dir.chdir(alaveteli_dir) do
-  require File.join(alaveteli_dir, 'config', 'boot')
-  if daemon_mode
-    # Run in daemon mode.
-    #
-    # If the environment variable PIDFILE is present,
-    # write the pid of the daemon process to that file.
-    
-    pid = fork { require 'commands/runner' }
-    if ENV.has_key? "PIDFILE"
-      File.open(ENV["PIDFILE"], 'w') do |fh|
-        fh.puts pid
-      end
+    require File.join(alaveteli_dir, 'config', 'boot')
+    if daemon_mode
+        # Run in daemon mode.
+
+        # If the environment variable LOGFILE is present,
+        # redirect STDERR and STDOUT to that file.
+        if ENV.has_key? "LOGFILE"
+            STDERR.reopen(STDOUT.reopen(ENV["LOGFILE"], "a"))
+            STDOUT.sync=true
+        end
+
+        # Load the runner in a subprocess
+        pid = fork do
+            require 'commands/runner'
+            exit 0
+        end
+
+        # If the environment variable PIDFILE is present,
+        # write the pid of the daemon process to that file.
+        if ENV.has_key? "PIDFILE"
+            File.open(ENV["PIDFILE"], 'w') do |fh|
+                fh.puts pid
+            end
+        end
+        
+        Process.detach(pid)
+    else
+        # Not daemon mode
+        require 'commands/runner'
     end
-    Process.detach(pid)
-  else
-    
-    require 'commands/runner'
-  end
 end