start_couchdb.sh

#!/bin/bash

base_dir=$(dirname "$0")
echo basedir "$base_dir"
script=$(readlink -f "$0")
echo script "$script"
# Absolute path this script is in, thus /home/user/bin
script_path=$(dirname $script)
echo sript path" $script_path"
script_parent_path="$script_path"/..
echo scriptparentpath "$script_parent_path"
execution_path=$(pwd)
execution_parent_path="$execution_path/.."
echo execution parent path "$execution_parent_path"

number_of_args="$#"
echo number of arguments given "$number_of_args"

if (( number_of_args > 1 )); then
  echo "Usage: $0 [couchdb path]"
  exit
fi

if [ -n "$1" ]; 
then 
    couchdb_install_path="$1"; 
else 
    couchdb_install_path="$execution_parent_path"/couchdb; 
fi
echo
echo arg1 "$1"
echo couchdb install path "$couched_install_path"

echo

domain="localhost"

echo $domain

curl -s http://localhost:5984
couchdb_running="$?"
echo couchdb status "$couchdb_running"
if ((couchdb_running != 0))
then
    echo "$couchdb_install_path"/build/env.sh
    . "$couchdb_install_path"/build/env.sh
    couchdb &
else
    echo couchdb is already running
fi