Sandeep Ghael

Notes: Make sure to create a writeable log file for red5 at “/var/log/red5.log”. Usage of the script is straightforward: “/etc/init.d/red5 start”.

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#! /bin/sh
# Author: Sandeep Ghael
# put these contents at: /etc/init.d/red5
# change red5 directory path below as necessary
RED5_DIR=/usr/share/red5

start()
{
echo “Starting Red5 Service”
sudo su root -c “cd $RED5_DIR; ./red5.sh > /var/log/red5.log &”
return
}

stop()
{
echo “Shutting down red5″
sudo su root -c ‘killall red5 java’
return
}

case “$1″ in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
stop
start
;;
*)
echo “Usage: {start|stop|restart}”
exit 1
;;
esac
exit $?
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