Script for spinning up a vagrant box with rsync-auto and starting screen(1) with dev server. Both files live in project's subdirectory.

.screenrc

# vim: ft=screen

altscreen on

# Set the caption on the bottom line
caption always "%{= kw}%-w%{= bW}%n %t%{-}%+w %-= %c %y-%m-%d, @%H"

# Use nethack-style messages
nethack on


source $HOME/.screenrc

chdir /vagrant

# Attach screen with server if not running,
# start new one otherwise (and hide caption)
screen 0 sh -c 'screen -x server || { ( sleep 1 ; screen -S server -X caption splitonly ; ) & screen -S server sh -c "node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js dev ; exec bash" ; }'
screen 1 sh -c 'while mysql ; do : ; done ; exec bash'
screen 2 sh -c "type git 2>&1 >/dev/null && test -d .git && git status ; printf '\n`Ctrl-A, D`, when you are done\n\n' ; exec bash"


select 0
title server
select 1
title mysql
select 2

up.sh

#!/bin/sh

BOX_NAME=dev

set -e

cry ()
{
    if [ "0" = "${HAPPY_ENDING}" ]
    then
        export HAPPY_ENDING=1
        if ( which zenity 2>&1 >/dev/null )
        then
            CMD="zenity --question --text"
        else
            CMD="xmessage -buttons yes:0,no:1"
        fi

        if ${CMD} "Put to sleep?"
        then
            vagrant suspend ${BOX_NAME}
        fi
    fi
}
kill_children ()
{
    PPID=$1
    for CHILD_PID in $( ps -opid= --sort=start_time --ppid=${PPID} )
    do
        if [ ${CHILD_PID} != ${PPID} ]
        then
            sh -c "sleep 0.1 ; kill -9 ${CHILD_PID}" &
            kill_children ${CHILD_PID}
        fi
    done
}
trap 'cry ; kill_children $$' INT TERM QUIT EXIT HUP

cd "$( dirname "$0" )/.."

if ! vagrant list-commands | grep -q ^gatling-rsync-auto
then
    vagrant plugin install vagrant-gatling-rsync
fi

vagrant up ${BOX_NAME}

if grep -q rsync Vagrantfile
then
    vagrant rsync ${BOX_NAME}

    echo > ~/.cache/vagrant-${BOX_NAME}-rsync-auto.log
    sh -c '
        while true
        do
            sleep 3
            notify-send \
                --icon=info \
                --app-name=${BOX_NAME} \
                --hint=int:transient:1 \
                -- "Spinning up rsync-auto"
            vagrant gatling-rsync-auto ${BOX_NAME} 2>&1 >> ~/.cache/vagrant-${BOX_NAME}-rsync-auto.log || :
            sleep 3
            if vagrant status ${BOX_NAME} | grep -q running
            then
                notify-send \
                    --icon=error \
                    --app-name=${BOX_NAME} \
                    --hint=int:transient:1 \
                    -- "rsync-auto crashed, restarting in 3s"
            else
                notify-send \
                    --icon=info \
                    --app-name=${BOX_NAME} \
                    --hint=int:transient:1 \
                    -- "rsync-auto crashed, NOT restarting"
            fi
        done
    ' &
fi

node_modules/.bin/start-selenium >> ~/.cache/vagrant-${BOX_NAME}-selenium.log 2>&1 &

export HAPPY_ENDING=0
vagrant ssh ${BOX_NAME} -c "
    LC_ALL=$LANG
    screen -Dr ${BOX_NAME} || screen -S ${BOX_NAME} -c /vagrant/dev/.screenrc
"
export HAPPY_ENDING=1

printf 'Will suspend in (Ctrl-C to abort) 3'
sh -c 'printf … ; sleep 1 ; printf " 2…" ; sleep 1 ; printf " 1.\n"' &
sleep 3 && vagrant suspend ${BOX_NAME} || :