#!/bin/sh # /etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver - Start/stop/restart the plexmediaserver daemon. # To make plexmediaserver start automatically at boot, make this # file executable: chmod 0755 /etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver and add it # to slackware's startup scripts (ie: rc.local) # PIDFILE="/var/run/plexmediaserver.pid" plexmediaserver_start() { echo "Starting plexmediaserver..." CHECK=$(ps aux | grep "Plex Media Server" | grep -v grep) STATUS=$? # make sure plexmediaserver isn't running yet if [ "$STATUS" == "1" ]; then touch $PIDFILE chown plex:plex $PIDFILE # Start plexmediaserver sudo -u plex /usr/bin/start_pms & else echo "plexmediaserver is already active and running under PID: $(cat $PIDFILE)" echo "if you think this is wrong, remove the offending PID file" echo "and restart plexmediaserver" exit 1 fi } plexmediaserver_stop() { echo -n "Stopping plexmediaserver..." killall "Plex Media Server" rm $PIDFILE echo "done" } # Let's see how we are being called. case "$1" in start) plexmediaserver_start ;; stop) plexmediaserver_stop ;; restart) plexmediaserver_stop sleep 3 plexmediaserver_start ;; *) echo "Usage: $(basename $0) {start|stop|restart}" exit 1 ;; esac