Example: The Start Method of a VMware Script

  # Fetch resource values
  LoadResources subnet workgroup smblog external \
                printer encrypt loglevel external

  # Allow external Samba connections?
  if [ "$external" == "yes" ]; then
    nosa=";"
    hostname=`hostname`
    subnet=`grep $hostname /etc/hosts |awk -F. '{print $1"."$2"."$3}'`
    xinterface="$subnet.0/255.255.255.0"
  else
    nosa=""
    xinterface=""
  fi

  # Create configuration  
  sed <$smb_conf.tmpl >$smb_conf \
            -e "s@%SUBNET%@$subnet@g" \
            -e "s@%WORKGROUP%@$workgroup@g" \
            -e "s@%SMBLOG%@$smblog@g" \
            -e "s@%PRINTER%@$printer@g" \
            -e "s@%ENCRYPT%@$encrypt@g" \
            -e "s@%LOGLEVEL%@$loglevel@g" \
            -e "s@%NOSA%@$nosa@g" \
            -e "s@%XINTERFACE%@ $xinterface@g"
       
  # Start VMware
  /etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware start >>$logfile