TERM,INT,QUIT,KILL

README.markdown

@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ some sort of stringifiable error object. Defaults to init.startFailed.
 
 ### init.stop(pidfile, cb)
 
-Stop your service. cb will be called after the process is killed, and defaults
-to init.stopped. If the process was running, cb's first argument will be true.
+Sends your service TERM, INT, QUIT, in that order (with 2 second delays) and
+then KILL until the process is no longer running, then calls cb (defaults to
+init.stopped). If the process was running, cb's first argument will be true.
 
 ### init.status(pidfile, cb)
 

examples/test.coffee

@@ -5,7 +5,16 @@ snorlax = ->
     console.log if snore then "Snore..." else "Lax..."
     snore = not snore
 
+
+start = ->
+    interval = setInterval snorlax, 4000
+    process.on 'SIGTERM', -> console.log 'Mmm,mm.'
+    process.on 'SIGINT',  -> console.log 'Mmmm!.'
+    process.on 'SIGQUIT', ->
+        console.log 'Mrpmph!'
+        clearInterval interval
+
 init.simple
     pidfile : './test.pid'
     logfile : './test.log'
-    run     : -> setInterval snorlax, 4000
+    run     : start

init.coffee

@@ -71,15 +71,17 @@ exports.stopped = (killed) ->
 exports.stop = (pidfile, cb = exports.stopped) ->
     exports.status pidfile, ({pid}) ->
         if pid
-            n = 0
-            do ->
-                signal = if n > 3 then 'SIGKILL' else 'SIGTERM'
+            signals = ['TERM', 'INT', 'QUIT', 'KILL']
+            tryKill = ->
+                sig = "SIG#{ signals[0] }"
                 try
-                    process.kill pid
-                    n += 1
-                    setTimeout arguments.callee, 1000
+                    # throws when the process no longer exists
+                    process.kill pid, sig
+                    signals.shift() if signals.length > 1
+                    setTimeout (-> tryKill sig), 2000
                 catch e
-                    fs.unlink pidfile, -> cb(n > 0)
+                    fs.unlink pidfile, -> cb(signals.length < 4)
+            tryKill()
         else
             cb false
 

package.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
          "name" : "Paul Driver"
       }
    ],
-   "version" : "0.1.0",
+   "version" : "0.1.1",
    "licences" : [
       {
          "url" : "http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license",