AlastairPorter is trying to write some RedHat init.d scripts for the MetaNet.

#!/bin/sh
#
# Etud          startup script for the Ethernet over UDP daemon
#
#               Written by Daniel Lawson <daniel@meta.net.nz>
#               Modified for Red Hat by Alastair Porter <alastair@wlug.org.nz>
#
#
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

ETUDCONF=/usr/local/etc/etud.conf
DAEMON=/usr/local/sbin/Etud
#ETUDCONF=/etc/wandclients/etud.conf
#DAEMON=/usr/sbin/Etud
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
NAME=Etud
DESC="EtherneT over Udp Daemon"
IP=/bin/ip

# Check for the Etud configuration file
if ! -f ${ETUDCONF}?; then
        echo Could not find etud configuration file
        exit
fi

# Parameter defaults
IFNAME=wan0
CTRLFILE=/var/run/Etud.ctrl
PIDFILE=/var/run/Etud.pid
# Retrieve the real values from the config file if they exist
while read parameter value
do
        if "$parameter" == "pidfile"?; then
                PIDFILE=`echo "$value" | tr -d '"'`
        elif "$parameter" == "ctrlfile"?; then
                CTRLFILE=`echo "$value" | tr -d '"'`
        elif "$parameter" == "ifname"?; then
                IFNAME=`echo "$value" | tr -d '"'`
        fi
done < $ETUDCONF

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
ARGS="-f $ETUDCONF -p $PIDFILE"

set -e

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting Etud"
        -e $CTRLFILE? && {
                echo ""
                echo -n "Control file exists, checking to see if Etud lives? "

                -e ${PIDFILE}? || {
                        echo ""
                        echo "No pidfile present, exiting"
                        exit 1;
                }
                # check that the pid in the pid file
                x`cat ${PIDFILE}` == x`pidof ${NAME}`? && {
                        echo "... yes, aborting"
                        exit 1;
                } || {
                        echo "... no, removing"
                        \rm ${CTRLFILE}
                }

        }

        daemon $DAEMON $ARGS
        ifdown ${IFNAME}
        ifup ${IFNAME}
        echo
        ;;

stop)
        echo -n "Stopping Etud "
        ifdown ${IFNAME}
#       killproc Etud
#       that should work (I think), but it doesn't... so:
        kill `cat /var/run/Etud.pid`
        echo
        ;;

restart|force-reload)
        echo -n "Restarting $NAME"
        ifdown ${IFNAME}
#       killproc Etud
#       again...
        kill `cat /var/run/Etud.pid`
        sleep 1
        daemon $DAEMON $ARGS
        ifup ${IFNAME}
        echo
        ;;
*)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
        ;;

esac