[CentOS] best way to start and shutdown programs in CentOS?

On 11/21/10 6:20 PM, Kill Script wrote:
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> and I think that I can easily modify this Oracle init.d example
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> http://www.linuxjournal.com/files/linuxjournal.com/linuxjournal/articles/044/4445/4445l1.html
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note that example is suffering from some HTML formatting issues.  
Specifically, the lines like...

	su-$ORA_OWNER -c $ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart

should be

	su - $ORA_OWNER -c $ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart


(noting the spaces on either side of the first dash ...)