Need help with rc.d script

[Ernie Luzar]

Trond Endrestøl wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Nov 2017 09:55-0500, Ernie Luzar wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for everyones input. But still the service stop command can not find
>> the pid file.
>>
>> In a effort for everyone to play with this problem on their own computers I
>> have simplified things as shown below.
>>
>>
>>  >cat /usr/local/sbin/testloop
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>>
>>  (
>>    while true; do
>>      echo -e "Success:"
>>      logger -t testloop -p daemon.err "Success: log"
>>      sleep 10
>>    done
>>  ) &
> 
>>    echo $! > /var/run/dynip.pid
> 
> Shouldn't this be /var/run/testloop.pid?
> 
>>    exit 0
>>
>> The above is what Iam said to try.
>>
>>  >cat /usr/local/etc/rc.d/testloop
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>>  #
>>  #
>>  # PROVIDE: testloop
>>  # REQUIRE: LOGIN DAEMON NETWORKING
>>  # KEYWORD: nojail shutdown
>>  #
>>  # Add the following line to /etc/rc.conf to enable testloop:
>>  #
>>  # testloop_enable="YES"
>>  #
>>
>>  . /etc/rc.subr
> 
>>  name="testloop"
> 
> Or maybe you should name this dynip?
> 
>>  rcvar=testloop_enable
>>  pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
>>  command="/usr/local/sbin/${name}"
>>  load_rc_config ${name}
>>  run_rc_command "$1"
>>
>> service testloop onestart  does indeed start testloop as a daemon. Can verify
>> that by using the ps command. But there is no /var/run/testloop.pid created,
>> and the service testloop onestop command still complains about it not running
>> no pid file.
> 

yep  echo $! > /var/run/dynip.pid should be
echo $! > /var/run/testloop.pid

service testloop onestart now creates the pid file with the correct task 
number, but service testloop onestop still complains about no pid file.