gistfile1.rb

namespace :sunspot do
  namespace :solr do
    desc 'Start the Solr instance'
    task :start => :merb_env do
      sunspot_solr = Merb.root / 'vendor' / 'sunspot' / 'bin' / 'sunspot-solr'
      pid_path = Merb.root / 'tmp' / 'solr' / 'pids'

      
      data_path = Merb.root / 'tmp' / 'solr' / 'data'
      pid_path  = Merb.root / 'tmp' / 'solr' / 'pids'
      solr_home = nil

      [data_path, pid_path].each { |path| FileUtils.mkdir_p(path) }
      port = Sunspot::Merb.config.port

      command = [sunspot_solr, 'start', '--', '-p', port.to_s, '-d', data_path, '--pid-dir', pid_path]
      FileUtils.cd(File.join(pid_path)) do
        puts
        sh command.join(' ')
      end
    end

    desc 'Stop the Solr instance'
    task :stop => :merb_env do
      sunspot_solr = Merb.root / 'vendor' / 'sunspot' / 'bin' / 'sunspot-solr'
      pid_path = Merb.root / 'tmp' / 'solr' / 'pids'
      port = Sunspot::Merb.config.port

      command = [sunspot_solr, 'stop', '--', '--pid-dir', pid_path]
      FileUtils.cd(pid_path) do
        puts
        sh command.join(' ')
      end
    end
  end
end