#!/sbin/openrc-run description="Ping 192.168.9.1 every minute" pidfile="/run/ping_check.pid" start() { ebegin "Starting ping_check service" start-stop-daemon --start --background --make-pidfile --pidfile $pidfile --exec /bin/sh -- -c "while true; do ping -c 1 192.168.9.1; sleep 60; done" eend $? } stop() { ebegin "Stopping ping_check service" start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $pidfile eend $? }