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+# alprd - OpenALPR daemon
+#
+# OpenALPR daemon detects license plate in the background
+
+description "OpenALPR daemon"
+author "Matt Hill"
+
+start on filesystem and static-network-up
+stop on runlevel [016]
+
+expect fork
+
+respawn
+respawn limit 5 30
+
+env uid=watchtower
+env gid=watchtower
+
+env DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/alprd
+env DAEMON_ARGS="-l /var/log/watchtower/alprd.log"
+env PIDFILE=/var/run/alprd.pid
+
+exec start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --chuid $uid:$gid -- $DAEMON_ARGS
+