Support for reloading nodebb via the nodebb executable

loader.js

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Loader.init = function(callback) {
 	}
 
 	process.on('SIGHUP', Loader.restart);
+	process.on('SIGUSR2', Loader.reload);
 	callback();
 };
 

nodebb

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ case "$1" in
 		fi
 		;;
 
-	reload|restart)
+	restart)
 		pidExists;
 		if [ 0 -eq $? ];
 			then
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ case "$1" in
 		fi
 		;;
 
+	reload)
+		pidExists;
+		if [ 0 -eq $? ];
+			then
+				echo "NodeBB could not be reloaded, as a running instance could not be found.";
+			else
+				echo "Reloading NodeBB.";
+				kill -12 $(cat pidfile);
+		fi
+		;;
+
 	status)
 		pidExists;
 		if [ 0 -eq $? ];