Fix for the init script provided with Redis, thanks to Rowan. This fixes issue 316

Author: antirez

utils/redis_init_script

@@ -21,15 +21,14 @@ case "$1" in
         then
                 echo -n "$PIDFILE does not exist, process is not running\n"
         else
+		PID=$(cat $PIDFILE)
                 echo -n "Stopping ...\n"
-                echo -n "Sending SHUTDOWN\r\n" | nc localhost $REDISPORT &
-                PID=$(cat $PIDFILE)
+                echo -n "SHUTDOWN\r\n" | nc localhost $REDISPORT &
                 while [ -x /proc/${PIDFILE} ]
                 do
                     echo "Waiting for Redis to shutdown ..."
                     sleep 1
                 done
-                rm $PIDFILE
                 echo "Redis stopped"
         fi
         ;;