Ticket #7580: my.rc.backend

#!/bin/sh 
# made for slackware by Kemble Wagner but should work on any distro
#if mythbackend starting on startup with problems like below
# e.g +environment variable HOME or MYTHCONFDIR
# Failed to init MythContext, exiting
# then uncomment the line below to export you myth users home folder make sure you edit the path
# export MYTHCONFDIR=/home/user/.mythtv



mythbackend_start(){
if ! ps axc | grep mythbackend 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null; then
echo  "Starting mythbackend"
        /usr/local/bin/mythbackend -l /var/log/backend.log -v important,general -p /var/run/mythtv/mythbackend.pid -d
else
echo  "mythbackend already running"
 fi  
}
mythbackend_stop(){
        echo  "Stopping mythbackend"
        /bin/killall -9 mythbackend
}

mythbackend_restart(){
        mythbackend_stop
        /usr/bin/sleep 2
        mythbackend_start
}
case "$1" in
        'start')
        mythbackend_start
        ;;

        'stop')
        mythbackend_stop
        ;;

        'restart')
        mythbackend_restart
        ;;

        *)
        echo "usage $0 start|stop|restart"
esac