Creating the template script A new file /etc/init.d/template is created containing the following: cat > template << "EOF" #!/bin/sh # Begin /etc/init.d/ # # Include the functions declared in the /etc/init.d/functions file # source /etc/init.d/functions case "$1" in start) echo -n "Starting ..." loadproc ;; stop) echo -n "Stopping ..." killproc ;; reload) echo -n "Reloading ..." reloadproc ;; restart) $0 stop /usr/bin/sleep 1 $0 start ;; status) statusproc ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|reload|restart|status}" exit 1 ;; esac # End /etc/init.d/ EOF