Fake daemon script not working

[Appletax]

$1 refers to the first argument given when executing the shell script on
the command line

#! /bin/bash
if [ $1="start" ]
then
echo "The sample daemon has started"
sleep 2
elif [ $1="stop" ]
then
echo "The sample daemon has been stopped"
sleep 2
elif [ $1="restart" ]
then
echo "The sample daemon has been restarted"
sleep 2
fi



Running Fedora 14

The problem is that when I type service sample stop/start/restart I always
am given the message "The sample daemon has started"

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

Looks like the problem is you are not "asking" for input.
Try this:

#! /bin/bash

echo "Please enter your option: "
read option_variable
if [ $option_variable="start" ];then
echo "The sample daemon has started"
sleep 2
elif [ $option_variable="stop" ]; then
echo "The sample daemon has been stopped"
sleep 2
elif [ $option_variable="restart" ]; then
echo "The sample daemon has been restarted"
sleep 5
fi

Nevermind, that doesn't work as expected either.

[Appletax]

The script comes directly from my Linux+ Guide to Linux Certification book
Book uses Fedora 13 I'm running 14 in VM