# a client to access dictionary definitions from a set of \
# natural language dictionary databases.
# processname: dictd
-# config: /etc/dictd.conf
+# config: /etc/dictd.conf
+# config: /etc/dictd/*
DAEMON_FILE=dictd
DAEMON_NAME="Dictionary Daemon"
+DAEMON_CONF=/etc/dictd.conf
-# Sanity checks.
-[ -f /etc/${DAEMON_FILE}.conf ] || exit 0
-[ -x /usr/sbin/${DAEMON_FILE} ] || exit 0
+generate_dictdconf() {
+ umask 022
+ if ls /etc/dictd/*.dictconf >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ echo "# DO NOT EDIT! This file is autogenerated by $0." >$DAEMON_CONF
+ echo "# To configure dictd edit /etc/dictd/* files and restart daemon"\
+ >>$DAEMON_CONF
+ cat /etc/dictd/dictd-main.conf /etc/dictd/*.dictconf >>$DAEMON_CONF
+ return 0
+ fi
+
+ echo "$0: no dictionaries found"
+ return 1
+}
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
+ [ -x /usr/sbin/${DAEMON_FILE} ] || exit 0
if [ ! -f /var/lock/subsys/${DAEMON_FILE} ]; then
- msg_starting ${DAEMON_NAME}
- daemon ${DAEMON_FILE} ${DICTD_OPTS}
- pidofproc ${DAEMON_FILE} >/dev/null 2>&1
- RETVAL=$?
- [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/${DAEMON_FILE}
+ if generate_dictdconf; then
+ msg_starting ${DAEMON_NAME}
+ daemon ${DAEMON_FILE} ${DICTD_OPTS}
+ pidofproc ${DAEMON_FILE} >/dev/null 2>&1
+ RETVAL=$?
+ [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/${DAEMON_FILE}
+ else
+ exit 1
+ fi
else
msg_Already_Running ${DAEMON_NAME}
exit 1