auto-restart passenger

auto-restart

#!/bin/bash

# Restarts passenger after any *.py *.html or *.po files are saved
#
# Requires inotify-tools

appDir="/home/user/site.com/appname"
siteDir=$(dirname "$appdir")

# Make sure app directory exists
if [[ ! -e "$appDir" ]] ; then
    echo "'$appDir' does not exist"
fi

# Create tmp dir if necessary
if [[ ! -e "$siteDir/tmp" ]] ; then
    mkdir "$siteDir/tmp"
fi

# Check files
while true; do
    inotifywait -e close_write $(find "$dir"  -name "*.py" -o -name "*.html" -o -name "*.po")
    echo "$(date) Restarting..."
    touch "$siteDir/tmp/restart.txt"
done