gistfile1.txt

application.start = function(){
  //load data.json into application state
  var x = posix.open(application.dataPath,process.O_CREAT|process.O_WRONLY|process.O_EXCL,0444).addCallback(function(fd){
	debug.log('new datastore created');																						
  });

  var boot = posix.cat( application.dataPath ).addCallback(function (applicationState) {
    //debug.log(JSON.stringify(applicationState));

    /* try to evaluate application state into memory */
	try {
      eval( applicationState )
	}
	catch(err){
      debug.log( 'applicationState failed to evaluate : ' + JSON.stringify(err) )  
	}
  
  });
  
};







application.saveState = function(shutdown){
  debug.log('application saveState');
  //dump data.json into application state
  var mode = 0444;
  var x = posix.open(application.dataPath ,process.O_RDWR|process.O_TRUNC,0444).addCallback(function(fd){
   debug.log('opening : ' + application.dataPath);
    /* open and write */																					
    posix.write( fd, 'application.data = ' + JSON.stringify( application.data ) + ';' ).addCallback(function(){
      debug.log('application state serialized and stored in : ' + application.dataPath);
	   posix.close(fd).addCallback(function () {
        if (shutdown) {
          process.exit();
        }
      });
    }).addErrback(function(err){debug.log('file write error' + JSON.stringify( application.data ));});
  });
};