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 #!/bin/bash
 # rTorrent Stop/Start/Restart
 PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin
 FILE="$HOME/rtorrent/.session/rtorrent.lock"
 SERVICE='rtorrent'
-RTPID=$(pidof $SERVICE)
+RTPID=$(pgrep -fx -u $LOGNAME $SERVICE)
 # Sets default status can be askkill, autokill, or donotkill
 KILLSTATUS='askkill'
 KILLSIGNAL='-15'
 RTLOG="/dev/null"
 loglines=500
 useerr=0
 LOGFLAG=0
 
 # write log file
 log_header() {
 RTLOG="$HOME/rt.log"
 echo >> $RTLOG
 date >> $RTLOG
 echo "$0 $@" >> $RTLOG
 if [ $(cat "$RTLOG" | wc -l) -gt $loglines ]
   then
     tail -$loglines  "$RTLOG" > $HOME/rt.temp
     cat $HOME/rt.temp > $RTLOG
     rm -f $HOME/rt.temp
 fi
 }
 
 # function to check if service is running
 service_running(){
-if pidof $SERVICE > /dev/null
+if pgrep -fx -u $LOGNAME $SERVICE > /dev/null
   then
     return 0
   else
     return 1
 fi
 }
 
 # function to ask user for y/n response
 ask_user(){
 if [ -t 1 ]
   then
     while true
       do
       read -p "Unable to close $SERVICE, close using kill -9? " answer
       case $answer in [Yy]* ) return 0 ;;
                       [Nn]* ) return 1 ;;
                           * ) echo "Enter y or n";;
       esac
     done
   else
     echo "Running in background -a auto response is n" >> $RTLOG
     return 1
 fi
 }
 
 # function that starts service
 start_service(){
   local seconds=0
   if [ $SERVICE = "rtorrent" ]
     then
       if [ -a $FILE ]
         then
           echo "removing $FILE" | tee -a "$RTLOG"
           rm -f $FILE
         else
           echo "No session lock file" | tee -a "$RTLOG"
       fi
   fi
 
   echo -n "Starting $SERVICE"
   screen -d -m -S $SERVICE $SERVICE
 
   while ! (service_running)
     do
       seconds=$(( $seconds + 1 ))
       echo -n "."
       sleep 1
       if [ $seconds = 10 ]
         then
           echo
           return 1
       fi
   done
 
   echo
   return 0
 }
 
 # function that stops service
 stop_service(){
  local seconds=0
  echo -n "$SERVICE shutting down using kill $1"
  kill $1 $RTPID
 
  while ( service_running )
    do
      seconds=$(( $seconds + 1 ))
      echo -n " ."
      sleep 1
      if [ $seconds = 20 ]
        then
          echo
          return 1
      fi
    done
 
    echo
    return 0
 }
 
 # reports any usage error
 usage_error() {
 echo "usage: [-h] [-a|-k|-d] [-l] [start | stop | restart]" | tee -a "$RTLOG"
 if [ $1 = 1 ]
   then
     echo "only one of the options -a -k -d allowed" | tee -a "$RTLOG"
 fi
 
 if [ $1 = 2 ]
   then
     echo "incorrect option used" | tee -a "$RTLOG"
 fi
 
 if [ $1 = 3 ]
   then
     echo "incorrect argument used" | tee -a "$RTLOG"
 fi
 
 if [ $1 = 4 ]
   then
     echo "too many arguments, only 1 argument allowed" | tee -a "$RTLOG"
 fi
 
 
 exit 1
 }
 
 # prints usage help to screen
 usage_help() {
 echo "usage: [-h] [-a|-k|-d] [-l] [start | stop | restart]"
 echo "options:"
 echo "  -h usage help display"
 echo "  -l send results to log file"
 echo "  -a if unable to close service ask user whether to use kill -9"
 echo "  -k if unable to close service use kill -9"
 echo "  -d if unable to close service do not use kill -9"
 echo "arguments:"
 echo "  start starts the service"
 echo "  stop stops the service"
 echo "  restart first stops and then starts the service"
 
 exit 0
 }
 
 
 # Check for options
 while getopts ":hlkad" optname
   do
     case $optname in
       "k" )[[ -n $OPTFLAG ]]  && useerr=1 || KILLSTATUS='autokill' && OPTFLAG=1 ;;
       "a" )[[ -n $OPTFLAG ]]  && useerr=1 || KILLSTATUS='askkill' && OPTFLAG=1 ;;
       "d" )[[ -n $OPTFLAG ]]  && useerr=1 || KILLSTATUS='donotkill' && OPTFLAG=1 ;;
       "l" ) LOGFLAG=1 ;;
       "h" ) usage_help ;;
         * ) useerr=2 ;;
     esac
   done
 
 if [ $LOGFLAG = 1 ]
   then
     log_header "$@"
 fi
 
 if [ $useerr -gt 0 ]
   then
     usage_error $useerr
 fi
 
 shift $(( $OPTIND - 1 ))
 
 # Check correct arguments used
 if [ $# = 1 ]
   then
     if ! [[ $1 = "stop" || $1 = "start" || $1 = "restart"  ]]
       then
         useerr=3
         usage_error $useerr
     fi
 fi
 
 # Check if there is more than 1 argument
 if [ $# -gt 1 ]
   then
     useerr=4
     usage_error $useerr
 fi
 
 # Check if service is running
 if [ $# = 0 ]
   then
     if ( service_running )
       then
         echo "$SERVICE is running"
       else
         echo "$SERVICE is NOT running"
     fi
 fi
 
 # Stop Service
 if [[ $1 = "stop" || $1 = "restart" ]]
   then
     if ! ( service_running )
       then
         echo "$SERVICE was not running"
       else
         if ! ( stop_service $KILLSIGNAL )
           then
             case $KILLSTATUS in
               "autokill" )
                 KILLSIGNAL='-9'
                 stop_service $KILLSIGNAL ;;
               "askkill" )
                 if ( ask_user )
                   then
                     KILLSIGNAL='-9'
                     stop_service $KILLSIGNAL
                 fi ;;
             esac
         fi
 
         if ( service_running )
           then
             echo "WARNING unable to close $SERVICE using $KILLSIGNAL" | tee -a "$RTLOG"
             exit 1
           else
             echo "$SERVICE has been closed using kill $KILLSIGNAL" | tee -a "$RTLOG"
         fi
     fi
 fi
 
 # Start Service
 if [[ $1 = "start" || $1 = "restart" ]]
   then
     if ( service_running )
       then
         echo "$SERVICE was already running"
       else
         if ( start_service )
           then
             echo "$SERVICE has been started" | tee -a "$RTLOG"
           else
             echo "WARNING: Unable to start $SERVICE" | tee -a "$RTLOG"
         fi
     fi
 fi
 
 echo "There were no problems encountered" >> "$RTLOG"