#!/bin/sh
# Start/stop the cron daemon.
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          cron
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog $time
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog $time
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      1
# Short-Description: Regular background program processing daemon
# Description:       cron is a standard UNIX program that runs user-specified 
#                    programs at periodic scheduled times. vixie cron adds a 
#                    number of features to the basic UNIX cron, including better
#                    security and more powerful configuration options.
### END INIT INFO


test -f /usr/sbin/cron || exit 0

PIDFILE=/var/run/crond.pid
# In some systems the pidfile might be (incorrectly) set to /etc
# if this pidfile is present, use it instead.
[ -e /etc/cron.pid ] && PIDFILE=/etc/crond.pid
[ -r /etc/default/cron ] && . /etc/default/cron

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

# Read the system's locale and set cron's locale. This locale
# will be inherited by cron (used to set charset of emails)
# and tasks running under it.

parse_environment () 
{
    ENV_FILE="none"
    [ -r /etc/environment ] && ENV_FILE="/etc/environment"
    [ -r /etc/default/locale ] && ENV_FILE="/etc/default/locale"
    [ $ENV_FILE = none ] && return

    for var in LANG LC_ALL LC_CTYPE; do
        value=$(egrep "^[^#]*${var}=" $ENV_FILE | tail -n1 | cut -d= -f2)
        eval $var=$value
    done
}

# Parse the system's environment
if [ "$READ_ENV" = "yes" ] ; then
    export LANG LC_ALL LC_CTYPE
    parse_environment
fi


case "$1" in
start)	log_daemon_msg "Starting periodic command scheduler" "crond"
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --name cron --startas /usr/sbin/cron -- $LSBNAMES $EXTRA_OPTS
        log_end_msg $?
	;;
stop)	log_daemon_msg "Stopping periodic command scheduler" "crond"
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --name cron
        log_end_msg $?
        ;;
restart) log_daemon_msg "Restarting periodic command scheduler" "crond" 
        start-stop-daemon --stop --retry 5 --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --name cron
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --name cron --startas /usr/sbin/cron -- $LSBNAMES $EXTRA_OPTS
        log_end_msg $?
        ;;
reload|force-reload) log_daemon_msg "Reloading configuration files for periodic command scheduler" "crond"
	# cron reloads automatically
        log_end_msg 0
        ;;
*)	log_action_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/cron {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}"
        exit 2
        ;;
esac
exit 0