Rakefile

# Want to use your own storage-conf.xml instead of the one included with
# the cassandra gem?
#
# Copy files from <cassandra-gem-root>/conf to a directory
# in your project ("cassandra/conf" is used in this example).
#
# Then run "rake cassandra"
#

CASSANDRA_HOME = "#{ENV['HOME']}/cassandra/server"

desc "Start Cassandra"
task :cassandra do
  ENV['CASSANDRA_INCLUDE'] = "#{File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))}/cassandra/conf/cassandra.in.sh"
  ENV['CASSANDRA_HOME']    = "#{CASSANDRA_HOME}"
  ENV['CASSANDRA_CONF']    = "#{File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))}/cassandra/conf"
  exec("cassandra_helper cassandra")
end