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gkbeer · 05-30-2010, 02:37 AM

OK, --pidfile was what I needed.

I also found that the order in which the options were listed was important too.

--with-library=MYLIBRARY --pidfile=/var/run/calibre-server.pid --daemonize

Starting the daemon works but the process started is not calibre-server but /opt/calibre/loader.

Is that right? It seems to work when I load http://localhost:8080.

"/etc/init.d/calibre stop" isn't working now.
The line "start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME" is messed up because the command to start the content server is calibre-server while the actual process left running is /opt/calibre/loader.

Changing that line to read "loader" in place of $NAME, seems to work.

The attached file is my copy of /etc/init.d/calibre for Ubuntu 9.10. Not pretty but it works.

05-30-2010, 02:37 AM	#3
gkbeer Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 30 Join Date: Mar 2006 Device: Kindle, iPod Touch,	OK, --pidfile was what I needed. I also found that the order in which the options were listed was important too. --with-library=MYLIBRARY --pidfile=/var/run/calibre-server.pid --daemonize Starting the daemon works but the process started is not calibre-server but /opt/calibre/loader. Is that right? It seems to work when I load http://localhost:8080. "/etc/init.d/calibre stop" isn't working now. The line "start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME" is messed up because the command to start the content server is calibre-server while the actual process left running is /opt/calibre/loader. Changing that line to read "loader" in place of $NAME, seems to work. The attached file is my copy of /etc/init.d/calibre for Ubuntu 9.10. Not pretty but it works. Last edited by gkbeer; 06-04-2010 at 10:03 PM. Reason: removed obsolete file, see later post for current copy.