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2.3.1.3 /etc/init.d/functions

1. sets the umask
2. sets up a default search path
3. configures the screen width
4. reads (sources) /etc/sysconfig/init which may be specific to Red Hat
5. checkpid() function to get the pid (process id) of a program
6. daemon() functions to start a program
7. killproc() function to stop a program
8. pidfileofproc() function to find the pid of a program
9. status() function to check whether a program is running or not
10. echo_success() function for reporting the successful start of a program during bootup
11. echo_failure() function for reporting the failure of the starting of a program
12. echo_passed() function to report the passing of a system test
13. echo_warning() function to report a warning
14. success() function logs that something succeeded, calls echo_success
15. failure() function logs the failure of some process, calls echo_failure
16. passed() function logs that something passed, possibly with errors calls echo_passed()
17. warning() function logs a warning, calls echo_warning()
18. action() run some action and log its output
19. confirm() function used during interactive startup to verify that you want service to start

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