ShellService Docker Wrapper Script

shellservice-docker.sh

#! /usr/bin/env sh

# this script acts as a sort of proxy to a ShellService for starting
# and stopping a docker container from the I2P UI. The loop will keep
# going as long as docker ps returns true, retaining the same PID. 

# Check every 5 seconds

shellservice_wd=$(pwd)
shellservice_name=$(basename "$shellservice_wd")
shellservice_therest="$@"
docker run -itd --name $shellservice_name $shellservice_therest

while true; do
   sleep 5s
   docker ps "$shellservice_name" || \
      break
done
exit 1