I am trying to write a rc.d script to startup the fastcgi-mono-server4 on FreeBSD when the computer starts up - in order to run it with nginx.

The script works when I execute it while being logged in on the server - but when booting I get the following message:

eval: -applications=192.168.50.133:/:/usr/local/www/nginx: not found

The script looks as follows:

#!/bin/sh

# PROVIDE: monofcgid
# REQUIRE: LOGIN nginx
# KEYWORD: shutdown


. /etc/rc.subr

name="monofcgid"
rcvar="monofcgid_enable"
stop_cmd="${name}_stop"
start_cmd="${name}_start"
start_precmd="${name}_prestart"
start_postcmd="${name}_poststart"
stop_postcmd="${name}_poststop"
command=$(which fastcgi-mono-server4)
apps="192.168.50.133:/:/usr/local/www/nginx"
pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"

monofcgid_prestart()
{
        if [ -f $pidfile ]; then
                echo "monofcgid is already running."
                exit 0
        fi
}

monofcgid_start()
{
        echo "Starting monofcgid."
        ${command} -applications=${apps} -socket=tcp:127.0.0.1:9000 &
}


monofcgid_poststart()
{
        MONOSERVER_PID=$(ps ax | grep mono/4.0/fastcgi-m | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}')
        if [ -f $pidfile ]; then
                rm $pidfile
        fi
        if [ -n $MONOSERVER_PID ]; then
                echo $MONOSERVER_PID > $pidfile
        fi
}

monofcgid_stop()
{
        if [ -f $pidfile ]; then
                echo "Stopping monofcgid."
                kill $(cat $pidfile)
                echo "Stopped monofcgid."
        else
                echo "monofcgid is not running."
                exit 0
        fi
}

monofcgid_poststop()
{
        rm $pidfile
}


load_rc_config $name
run_rc_command "$1"

In case it is not already super clear, I am fairly new to both FreeBSD and sh scripts, so I'm kind of prepared for some obvious little detail I overlooked.

I would very much like to know exactly why this is failing and how to solve it, but also if anyone has a better way of accomplishing this, then I am all open to ideas.