The jira Linux script in http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Starting+JIRA+Standalone+automatically+on+Linux contains errors.

Below my corrected version:
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#!/bin/sh -e

1. JIRA startup script
   #chkconfig: 2345 80 05
   #description: JIRA

1. Define some variables
2. Name of app ( JIRA, Confluence, etc )
   APP=jira
3. Name of the user to run as
   USER=jira
4. Location of application's bin directory
   BASE=/opt/jira
   export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/default

case "$1" in

1. Start command
   start)
   echo "Starting $APP"
   /bin/su -m $USER -c "cd $BASE/logs && $BASE/bin/startup.sh &> $BASE/logs/daemon-start.log"
   ;;
2. Stop command
   stop)
   echo "Stopping $APP"
   /bin/su -m $USER -c "$BASE/bin/shutdown.sh &> $BASE/logs/daemon-stop.log"
   echo "$APP stopped successfully"
   ;;
3. Restart command
   restart)
   $0 stop
   sleep 10
   $0 start
   ;;
   *)
   echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$APP {start|restart|stop}

   "
   exit 1
   ;;
   esac

exit 0
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