diff --git a/daemonise.sh b/daemonise.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+cd /usr/local/phpci/phpci
+PATH=/usr/local/phpci:$PATH
+nohup php ./daemonise phpci:daemonise >/dev/null 2>&1 & echo $! > /usr/local/phpci/phpci.daemonise.pid
diff --git a/daemonise_stop.sh b/daemonise_stop.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+kill `ps -T \`cat /usr/local/phpci/phpci.daemonise.pid\` | sed 's/^ *\([0-9]*\).*/\1/' | tr  '\n' ' '`
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