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