mbpfan.upstart

# mbpfan - A simple daemon to control fan speed on all Macbook/Macbook Pros \
#   (probably all Apple computers) for Linux 3.x.x

description	"mbpfan"

start on filesystem or runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn
respawn limit 10 5
umask 022

console log

pre-start script
    test -x /usr/sbin/mbpfan || { stop; exit 0; }
    # A way to turn pidfile writing off would be nice. That or mbpfan
    # could check for staleness before refusing to control your fans.
    rm -f /var/run/mbpfan.pid
end script

# Starting mbpfan in the foreground without being in an interactive tty currently
#   seems to segfault, so expect forkage.
expect fork
exec /usr/sbin/mbpfan