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+This directory contains init scripts for espeakup for various linux
+distributions.  Any issues with these should be addressed directly with
+the authors of the scripts as listed below.
+
+espeakup.redhat:  This script is designed forFedora and Redhat
+Enterprise linux.  It was written by William Acker, who can be contacted
+by email at wacker@octothorp.org.
+
diff --git a/initscripts/espeakup.redhat b/initscripts/espeakup.redhat
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# espeakup      This shell script takes care of starting and stopping
+#              the espeakup speech systen.
+#
+# chkconfig: - 01 99
+# description: espeakup is a connector which acts as a bridge between \
+#the Speakup soft speech driver and the Espeak software speech system
+# processname: espeakup
+# pidfile: /var/run/espeakup.pid
+
+# Source function library.
+. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+
+[ -x /usr/bin/espeakup ] || exit 0
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+	# Start daemon.
+	echo -n $"Starting espeakup speech system: "
+	daemon "/usr/bin/espeakup > /dev/null"
+	RETVAL=$?
+	echo
+	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/espeakup
+	;;
+  stop)
+	# Stop daemon.
+	echo -n $"Shutting down espeakup speech system: "
+	killproc espeakup
+	RETVAL=$?
+	echo
+	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/espeakup
+	;;
+  status)
+	status espeakup
+	RETVAL=$?
+	;;
+  restart)
+	$0 stop
+	$0 start
+	;;
+  reload)
+	echo -n $"Reloading espeakup: "
+	killproc espeakup -HUP
+	RETVAL=$?
+	echo
+	;;
+  condrestart)
+        [ -f /var/lock/subsys/espeakup ] && restart || :
+        ;;
+  *)
+	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|reload}"
+	RETVAL=1
+	;;
+esac
+
+exit $RETVAL