Bash shortcut to create Pow! symlink for current directory

pow.sh

# add this to your .bash_profile
function pow() {
	
	name=`basename $PWD`
	
	if [[ $1 && $1 != "-ru" ]]; then
		name=$1
	fi
	
	echo "Using name: $name"
	
	rm ~/.pow/$name
	ln -s $PWD ~/.pow/$name
	
	# pass -ru to rackup rails 2.3.x apps
	if [[ $2 == "-ru" ]]; then
		rm config.ru
		touch config.ru
		echo "require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/config/environment'" >> config.ru
		echo "run ActionController::Dispatcher.new" >> config.ru
		echo "Created config.ru file"
	fi
	
	echo "Created pow rails app at: http://$name.dev"
        # open this in your default browser, perhaps a little OTT!
	open "http://$name.dev"
}

Usage

pow [appname] [-ru]

Most simple use case

# in ~/Sites/myrails3app
pow

this will create http://myrails3app.dev

You can also customise the domain

# in ~/Sites/myrails3app
pow someothername

this will create http://someothername.dev

For Rails 2 apps pass the -ru option to "rackup" the app (by creating a config.ru file)

pow -ru

I love a bit of bash! Have you seen powder?

Haha I think that's what I was looking for!