--- /usr/local/ser/src/sip_router/scripts/sc	Mon Jan 27 20:42:48 2003
+++ sc	Fri Feb 21 22:54:43 2003
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 # sc: ser control; tool for maintaining ser's databases
 #
 
+# configuration for starting/stopping ser
+PID_FILE=/var/run/ser.pid
+SYSLOG=1 # 0=output to console, 1=output to syslog
+STARTOPTIONS= # for example -dddd
+
 # ser's FIFO server
 if [ -z "$SER_FIFO" ]; then
 	SER_FIFO=/tmp/ser_fifo
@@ -455,9 +460,11 @@
 #================================================================
 
 if [ -z "$SIP_DOMAIN" ] ; then
+	echo
 	echo "You need to set environment variable SIP_DOMAIN (e.g. to 'foobar.com') first"
 	echo
-	usage
+#	This confuses new users cause its easy to miss the information above
+#	usage
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -465,6 +472,61 @@
 export PW
 
 case $1 in
+
+	start)
+		echo -n "Starting SER : "
+		if [ -r $PID_FILE ] ; then
+			echo "PID file exists! ($PID_FILE) already running?"
+			exit 1
+		else
+			if [ $SYSLOG = 1 ] ; then
+				ser -P $PID_FILE $STARTOPTIONS 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+			else
+				ser -P $PID_FILE $STARTOPTIONS
+			fi
+			sleep 1
+			echo "started pid(`cat $PID_FILE`)"
+		fi
+		exit 0
+	;;
+
+	stop)
+		echo -n "Stopping SER : "
+		if [ -r $PID_FILE ] ; then
+			kill `cat $PID_FILE`
+			echo "stopped"
+		else
+			echo No PID file found!
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		exit 0
+	;;
+
+	restart)
+		echo -n "Stopping SER : "
+		if [ -r $PID_FILE ] ; then
+			kill `cat $PID_FILE`
+			echo "stopped"
+		else
+			echo No PID file found! SER problably not running
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		sleep 2
+		echo -n "Starting SER : "
+		if [ -r $PID_FILE ] ; then
+			echo "PID file exists! ($PID_FILE) already running?"
+			exit 1
+		else
+			if [ $SYSLOG = 1 ] ; then
+				ser -P $PID_FILE $STARTOPTIONS 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+			else
+				ser -P $PID_FILE $STARTOPTIONS
+			fi
+			sleep 1
+			echo "started pid(`cat $PID_FILE`)"
+		fi
+		exit 0
+	;;
 
 	passwd)
 		if [ $# -ne 3 ] ; then