the /etc/init.d/sharejs file for me is a bash script with start-stop-daemon in it to control for instance this is dev1:

#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          sharejs
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: ShareJS operational transform server.
# Description:       ShareJS operational transform server.
### END INIT INFO

# Generic single-process service template.
# /etc/init.d/skeleton
# http://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_3.1.1/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptfunc.html
# http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/03/lsbinit-script/

# Do NOT "set -e"

# PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh script
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
DESC="ShareJS operational transform server."
NAME=sharejs
DAEMON=/usr/bin/sharejs
DAEMON_ARGS="-f /etc/sharejs/options.js"
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
LOGFILE=/mnt/ephemeral/log/sharejs/sharejs.log

# Exit if the package is not installed
[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0

# Read configuration variable file if it is present
[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME

# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
. /lib/init/vars.sh

# Define LSB log_* functions.
# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present.
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

#
# Function that starts the daemon/service
#
do_start()
{
  # Return
  #   0 if daemon has been started
  #   1 if daemon was already running
  #   2 if daemon could not be started
  start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --test > /dev/null \
    || return 1
  start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --exec $DAEMON -- \
    $DAEMON_ARGS >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 &

  # Return 2 if previous command failed
  RETVAL="$?"
  [ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2

  # Add code here, if necessary, that waits for the process to be ready
  # to handle requests from services started subsequently which depend
  # on this one.  As a last resort, sleep for some time.
  sleep 1
}

#
# Function that stops the daemon/service
#
do_stop()
{
  if [ ! -f $PIDFILE ]; then
    echo "$PIDFILE not found"
    return 1
  fi
  PID=`cat $PIDFILE`
  # Return
  #   0 if daemon has been stopped
  #   1 if daemon was already stopped
  #   2 if daemon could not be stopped
  #   other if a failure occurred
  start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
  RETVAL="$?"
  [ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
  # Wait for children to finish too if this is a daemon that forks
  # and if the daemon is only ever run from this initscript.
  # If the above conditions are not satisfied then add some other code
  # that waits for the process to drop all resources that could be
  # needed by services started subsequently.  A last resort is to
  # sleep for some time.
  start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry=0/30/KILL/5 --exec $DAEMON
  [ "$?" = 2 ] && return 2
  # Wait for process to exit
  while [ -d /proc/$PID ]; do
    kill $PID &> /dev/null
    echo -n "."
    sleep 1
  done
  # Many daemons don't delete their pidfiles when they exit.
  rm -f $PIDFILE
  return "$RETVAL"
}

# #
# # Function that sends a SIGHUP to the daemon/service
# #
# do_reload() {
#   #
#   # If the daemon can reload its configuration without
#   # restarting (for example, when it is sent a SIGHUP),
#   # then implement that here.
#   #
#   start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
#   return 0
# }

case "$1" in
  start)
  [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
  do_start
  case "$?" in
    0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
    2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
  esac
  ;;

  stop)
  [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
  do_stop
  case "$?" in
    0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
    2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
  esac
  ;;

  status)
       status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
       ;;

  # #reload|force-reload)
  # #
  # # If do_reload() is not implemented then leave this commented out
  # # and leave 'force-reload' as an alias for 'restart'.
  # #
  # #log_daemon_msg "Reloading $DESC" "$NAME"
  # #do_reload
  # #log_end_msg $?
  # #;;

  # restart|force-reload)
  restart)
  #
  # If the "reload" option is implemented then remove the
  # # 'force-reload' alias
  # #
  log_daemon_msg "Restarting" "$NAME"
  do_stop
  case "$?" in
    0|1)
    do_start
    case "$?" in
      0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
      1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
      *) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
    esac
    ;;
    *)
      # Failed to stop
    log_end_msg 1
    ;;
  esac
  ;;

  *)
  echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart}" >&2
  exit 3
  ;;
esac