Links web application runner

runlinks

#!/bin/bash
# usage: runlinks [debug] [application.links]
LINKSHOME="$HOME/projects/links/my-links"
CONFIG="$LINKSHOME/handlers.config"
LINKSPATH="$LINKSHOME/examples:$LINKSHOME/examples/games:$LINKSHOME/examples/handlers:$LINKSHOME/examples/dictionary"

PROG=$1
DEBUG=""
if [[ $1 = "debug" ]]; then
   DEBUG="-d"
   PROG=$2
fi

PROG=$(test -z $PROG && echo "$LINKSHOME/examples/webserver/examples.links" || echo "$PROG")
if [ ! -f $PROG ]; then
    echo "error: no such Links program '$PROG'."
    exit 1
fi


timestamp="$(date +'%R:%S%z%Z, %b %d, %Y')"
echo "Starting Links with parameters ($timestamp):"
printf "%4s  debug=%s\n" "" $(test -z $DEBUG && echo "false" || echo "true")
printf "%4s config=%s\n" "" $CONFIG
printf "%4s   path=%s\n" "" $LINKSPATH
printf "%4sprogram=%s\n\n" "" $PROG

$LINKSHOME/links --config=$CONFIG $DEBUG --path=$LINKSPATH $PROG