node-express

#!/bin/bash

#" Remember to set the project durectory: "
#project=/home/tore/Arbeten/mish
project=/home/tore/Arbeten/mish-dev

port=3000

prid=`lsof -t -i:$port`
# If in autostart, this port shouldn't be occupied
if [[ $prid ]]; then
  echo "Port $port is occupied by a process with pid=$prid;"
# Else, maybe kill the process listening to this port
  echo -n "Kill the process and continue? (y/N): "
  read yN
  if [[ $yN != 'y' && $yN != 'yes' ]]; then
    echo "Cancelled"
    exit
  fi
  sudo kill $prid
  clear
fi

# Make the script usable from any directory
cd $project
echo pwd is $project

#IMDB_HOME=/mnt/sda2
#IMDB_HOME=/mnt/koofrwebdav
IMDB_HOME=/home/tore
#IMDB_ROOT=MISH
IMDB_ROOT=Album-1
IMDB_ROOT='""'
### NOTE: IMDB_ROOT may be empty in order to force the user to choose
### among album collections. Such an 'empty' string argument must be '""'
### in order to be passed correctly positioned into `node server.js ...`,
### since '' or "" will cause errors. The '""' parameter will be taken
### care of and is eventually converted into an empty string.

if [[ $1 ]]; then
  IMDB_HOME=$1
  if [[ $2 ]]; then
    IMDB_ROOT=$2
  fi
fi
echo IMDB_HOME = $IMDB_HOME
if [[ $IMDB_ROOT != '""' ]]; then
  echo IMDB_ROOT = $IMDB_ROOT
else
  echo "IMDB_ROOT = [user choice]"
fi
echo -n "##### Starting the Node server "`date`
# Note that Node JS may be installed as either 'node', 'nodejs', or both
# Start the Express server. NOTE: server.js contains `import express from 'express'`
logger "EXPRESS starting"
logger `echo $PATH`
logger `whereis node`
/usr/bin/node server.js $IMDB_HOME $IMDB_ROOT $port