#!/bin/sh # Start/stop/restart open-vm-tools. openvmtools_check() { vmware-checkvm if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "eRRoR with vmware-checkvm" exit 1 fi } openvmtools_start() { openvmtools_check CMDLINE="/usr/bin/vmtoolsd --background=/var/run/vmtoolsd.pid" echo -n "Starting vmtoolsd: $CMDLINE" $CMDLINE || exit 2 echo } openvmtools_stop() { VMPID=$(cat /var/run/vmtoolsd.pid) echo -n "Stopping vmtoolsd (PID $VMPID)..." kill -9 $VMPID echo } openvmtools_restart() { openvmtools_stop sleep 1 openvmtools_start } # Check if openvmtools is running openvmtools_status() { if [ -e /var/run/vmtoolsd.pid ]; then echo "vmtoolsd is running." else echo "vmtoolsd is stopped." exit 1 fi } case "$1" in 'start') openvmtools_start ;; 'stop') openvmtools_stop ;; 'restart') openvmtools_restart ;; 'status') openvmtools_status ;; *) echo "usage $0 start|stop|restart|status" esac